n. pernas (Gíria usada no dialeto Cockney de Londres)

you can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs Idioma

all your eggs in one basket

depending on one plan or one investment, hedge your bets If you invest all your money in one hotel, you'll have all your eggs in one basket.

don't put all your eggs in one basket

do not invest all the money in one company Balance your investments. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

lose or destroy the source of wealth If we pollute the environment, we kill the goose - we lose it all.

put all your eggs in...

(See all your eggs in one basket)

suck eggs

have a bad experience, up yours "When I told him not to swear, he said, ""Go suck eggs, man."""

walk on eggshells

be very careful, watch your step Your son is so afraid of making a mistake he's walking on eggshells.

walk on eggs

Idiom(s): walk on eggs

Theme: CAUTION

to be very cautious. (Informal. Never literal.)
• The manager is very hard to deal with. You really have to walk on eggs.
• I've been walking on eggs ever since I started working here.

put all one's eggs in one basket

Idiom(s): put all one's eggs in one basket

Theme: RISK

to risk everything at once. (Often negative.)
• Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Then everything won't be lost if there is a catastrophe.
• John only applied to the one college he wanted to go to. He put all his eggs in one basket.

Put all your eggs in one basket

Risk everything by relying on one plan (by putting all one's money in one business).

Sure as eggs is eggs

These means absolutely certain, and we do say 'is' even though it is grammatically wrong.

you can't accomplish an omelet after breaking some eggs

Sometimes, you accept to do abhorrent things in adjustment to complete a assignment or accommodated a goal. Your acceptance acutely don't account you. I apperceive you don't appetite to bawl at them, but you can't accomplish an omelet after breaking some eggs. If I don't cut people's salaries, the aggregation is activity to go bankrupt. It's unfortunate, but you can't accomplish an omelet after breaking some eggs.Learn more: breaking, egg, make, omelet, without

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