Egg
Walking on eggshells.
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This idiom or expression like sentence has to do with:
Being careful with what you’re saying.
Being in a sensitive or dangerous situation.
When someone says “I’m walking on eggshells with my wife,” it means “I have to be very careful with what I say or do around my wife, because she’s very sensitive, or she gets angry easily.”
Also see:
On thin ice.
Egg on one’s face.
This idiom or expression has to do with:
Looking foolish.
Being embarrassed.
I was trying to bring peace to the community, but things went wrong and I ended up with egg on my face. Now nobody wants to work with me.
History:
One explanation for the origin of this expression makes reference to the fact that people in the audience used to throw eggs at actors with whose performance they weren’t happy, or at politicians with whom they didn’t agree.
