Egg In The Attic Idiom

This is a very cute presentation about idioms with the word.

Egg in the attic idiom.

As sure as eggs is eggs butter and egg money go suck a egg a bad egg a chicken and egg situation problem a chicken and egg problem a chicken and egg situation a curate s egg a few eggs short of a dozen a good egg a goose egg a hard egg to crack a nest egg a rotten egg a wild goose never laid a tame egg all one s eggs in one basket bad egg. Attic salt definition dry delicate wit. To egg someone on means. Do not risk everything but placing too many hopes on one job.

Egg on incite urge ahead provoke as in jack is always egging me on to drive faster or seemingly quiet margo actually eggs on donald to quarrel with his staff. This expression has nothing to do with hen s eggs but comes from an old norse word eggja to edge. To encourage or dare some one to do something that may be unwise or dangerous. Egg done by one of my esl students slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance and to provide you with relevant advertising.

An idiom is a phrase but it is different from other phrases in that you can t understand its meaning from the words it is made from. Slightly spooky image of sharp eggs hiding in the attic ready to kill. That rufus can be a bit slow he s not the sharpest egg in the attic. Really quite a crazy one.

Don t put all your eggs in one basket means. To purchase a train or bus ticket by bribing the ticket agent. A mix up of not the sharpest tool in the box and eggs and toys in the attic.