walking on eggs
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"Ever since the market meltdown, ; Greenspan has been walking on eggs," says Pierre Rinfret, a New York City- based economist.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the next few meetings, as they talked about "tax reform" and closing loopholes as well as raising new money, Reagan seemed to be walking on eggs.
From Time Magazine Archive
On his return to Italy, Togliatti said of Khrushchev's famed outburst against Stalin: "He was like an elephant walking on eggs."
From Time Magazine Archive
Cackling happily, the hens then went on to such a fabulous overproduction that the whole U.S. was practically walking on eggs.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We'll move as if we were walking on eggs, Dad."
From The Caves of Fear by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
