all one's eggs in one basket »
Devoting all of one’s resources to one thing.
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all one's eggs in one basket »
Investing heavily in just one area.
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autem mort »
A married woman; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity.
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bad egg »
Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.
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bad egg »
disreputable character
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beggars can't be choosers »
(proverb) When resources are limited, one must accept even substandard gifts.
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better an egg today than a hen tomorrow »
It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.
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criss-cross applesauce »
Cross-legged.
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curate's egg »
A thing which has good and bad parts.
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don't put all your eggs in one basket »
Don't dedicate all your resources into one thing.
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don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs »
Don't presume to give advice to those who are more experienced.
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egg on »
To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
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egg somebody on »
To tease, provoke or encourage.
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egg white »
albumen
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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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full English »
A cooked breakfast consisting of bacon and eggs, and other foods.
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good egg »
A good person, someone to be trusted; a friend.
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have egg on one's face »
To suffer embarrassment or humiliation; to damage one's reputation.
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kill the goose that lays the golden eggs »
To seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit.
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lay an egg »
To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.
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lay an egg »
To produce an egg.
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mother hen »
A female chicken who bears eggs or chicks.
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nest egg »
A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.
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nest egg »
A savings; a reserve of money.
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put all one's eggs in one basket »
Rather than diversifying.
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see a man »
To go have a drink or to meet one's bootlegger.
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sure as eggs is eggs »
Absolutely certain.
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walk on eggshells »
To be careful and sensitive, in handling very sensitive matters.
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walk on eggshells »
To be overly careful in dealing with a person or situation because they get angry or offended very easily; to try very hard not to upset someone or something.
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you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs »
In order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed.
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you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette »
In order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed.
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| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
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