Question

Walk on Eggs to be very cautious; to proceed warily

Accepted Answer

Jen was walking on eggs when she tried to return the necklace she had borrowed without asking. This saying first appeared in Italy in the late 1500s. The writer who came up with the idiom must have had the following image in mind: A person stepping very carefully on a floor of eggs trying not to break a single shell. It can't be done, of course, even with hard-boiled eggs, but it gets across the idea of doing something with great caution.

Idiom	Walk on Eggs
Example	Jen was walking on eggs when she tried to return the necklace she had borrowed without asking.
Meaning	to be very cautious; to proceed warily
Origin	This saying first appeared in Italy in the late 1500s. The writer who came up with the idiom must have had the following image in mind: A person stepping very carefully on a floor of eggs trying not to break a single shell. It can't be done, of course, even with hard-boiled eggs, but it gets across the idea of doing something with great caution.

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