We've found 31 phrases for Egg (0.147 seconds):

all one's eggs in one basket »    Devoting all of one’s resources to one thing.

all one's eggs in one basket »    Investing heavily in just one area.

autem mort »    A married woman; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity.

bad egg »    Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.

bad egg »    disreputable character

beggars can't be choosers »    (proverb) When resources are limited, one must accept even substandard gifts.

better an egg today than a hen tomorrow »    It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.

criss-cross applesauce »    Cross-legged.

curate's egg »    A thing which has good and bad parts.

don't put all your eggs in one basket »    Don't dedicate all your resources into one thing.

don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs »    Don't presume to give advice to those who are more experienced.

egg on »    To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

egg somebody on »    To tease, provoke or encourage.

egg white »    albumen

feed a cold, starve a fever »    Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.

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