英语词汇“to walk on eggshells”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to walk on eggshells

to walk on eggshells and variants: to be extremely cautious in one's actions or words, esp. so as to avoid offending or angering others. Cf. to tread upon eggs at egg n. 4a(b).

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1860 W. Collins Woman in White in All Year Round 14 Apr. 4/1 With that woman for my enemy,..I walk, in your English phrase, upon egg-shells!

1913 E. Rhys Lyric Poetry iv. 36 To speak of these things is to walk on egg-shells.

1969 R. Salerno & J. S. Tompkins Crime Confederation 137 During this time we sensed that the men on both sides were walking on eggshells, everyone very careful and circumspect.

1999 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) June 54/3 Danger sign 4. He suffers from mood swings—you tread on eggshells because there's no knowing what will set him off.

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as lemmas

单词	to walk on eggshells
释义	> as lemmas to walk on eggshells to walk on eggshells and variants: to be extremely cautious in one's actions or words, esp. so as to avoid offending or angering others. Cf. to tread upon eggs at egg n. 4a(b). ΚΠ 1860 W. Collins Woman in White in All Year Round 14 Apr. 4/1 With that woman for my enemy,..I walk, in your English phrase, upon egg-shells! 1913 E. Rhys Lyric Poetry iv. 36 To speak of these things is to walk on egg-shells. 1969 R. Salerno & J. S. Tompkins Crime Confederation 137 During this time we sensed that the men on both sides were walking on eggshells, everyone very careful and circumspect. 1999 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) June 54/3 Danger sign 4. He suffers from mood swings—you tread on eggshells because there's no knowing what will set him off. extracted from eggshelln. < as lemmas
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