walking on eggs
Example Sentences
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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
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
He knows that he is walking on eggs and that a fascinated and not too friendly audience is watching him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The detective line, Jim, means walking on eggs without breaking 'em.
From Good Luck by Meade, L. T.
