lay an egg

One of these is called a "brood ball," where they lay an egg in each ball, after they have buried it.

“I don’t think anybody wants to go out in front of 40,000 people and lay an egg,” he said - an image late New York Daily News cartoonist Bill Gallo would have relished.

“And that’s representative from every aspect of this franchise from top to bottom. And that includes our players, too. They care. They’re fighting. I know it doesn’t look like that, but I would say if you try to put yourself in their position, I don’t think anybody wants to go out in front of 40,000 people and lay an egg, whether it’s individually or collectively as a team, because then what comes with that is pretty horrific.”

Habner and his wife considered selling their Game 4 tickets of the Dallas series, but went and watched them “lay an egg” to the tune of a 6-3 defeat that could cost them dearly this spring.

Rams 24, Seahawks 21: The consensus seems to be that the desperate Seahawks won’t lay an egg against the 5-11 Rams at home.