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
In writing the play, Anouilh was plainly 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
But between now and forty he must live as though he were walking on eggs.
From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift
