When he didn't, you were left with egg on your face and a hole in your heart.
The Max Planck Institute is one of the world's leading science and technology research groups, and boy does the Germany-based group ever have egg on its face.
They proclaim to the world through their professors that we are a non-heroic nation skulking behind our mahogany counters, whilst we egg on more gallant races to their destruction.
If you smash an egg on a stone, the egg will definitely smash.
The Imperial Palace had egg on its face by making a serious mistake.
Over the years Leo has been very disciplined and saved every month. He now has a big nest egg on which he can retire.
Ross: She lent me an egg once.
He spilled a bit of egg on his shoe.
In English, if someone makes a mistake which makes him look stupid, we can say 'he got egg on his face'.
Pour the egg onto the vegetable and scramble slightly.
Each of my cousins received an Easter egg on Easter Day.
This second wave of citizen outrage at the bailouts has left these lawmakers with a bit of egg on their face, and once again, they feel the need to “do something” to “fix” it.
It is said that if you can balance a raw egg on its end at exactly noon on the day, the rest of the year will be lucky.
Little Tommy got a goose egg on the math exam.
They're also easy to make at home. Getting the marbling effect is as simple as cracking the egg once it's partially cooked.
The guest tried to stand the egg on end, but in vain. Also, no other guest could make the egg stand on end.
A low angle perspective of the tower in Astana which simbolises the Kazakh myth of the magic bird Samruk, who laid a golden egg on the tree of life
Saoirse was also cranky and vomiting. She had swelling in both her ears and a bulge the size of an egg on her right temple.
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