Example
“Everyone walks on eggshells around him after the incident.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
egg on your face
Informal · CEFR B2
to be embarrassed after being publicly wrong
nest egg
Neutral · CEFR B2
a sum of money saved for retirement or the future
chicken-and-egg problem
Neutral · CEFR C1
a situation in which two things each depend on the other, so neither can get started
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
Neutral · CEFR C1
to destroy a reliable source of future profit through greed or short-term thinking
test the waters
Neutral · CEFR B1
to try something cautiously before committing fully to it
think twice
Neutral · CEFR B1
to reconsider an action carefully before doing it
Source methodology
Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.