egg on: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKGlobalinformalidiomatic
    • To encourage or incite someone to take an action, especially a risky or foolish one.

    Examples

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    • The kids egged him on to climb the tall tree despite his fear of heights.

      The kids encouraged him to climb the tall tree even though he was afraid of heights.

    • Don’t egg me on to take unnecessary risks when I’m already nervous about the outcome.

      Please don’t encourage me to take foolish risks when I’m already anxious about what might happen.

    • She was egged on by her friends to audition for the play, even though she wasn’t confident.

      Her friends encouraged her to try out for the play, despite her lack of confidence.

  • 2.

    Globalneutralliteral
    • To place, attach, or put an egg onto something.

    Examples

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    • He carefully egged the freshly laid eggs onto the tray to avoid breaking them.

      He gently placed the freshly laid eggs onto the tray to keep them from breaking.

    • The chef egged the omelette onto the plate with a smooth motion.

      The chef transferred the omelette onto the plate smoothly.

    • Can you egg the basket with these eggs before we leave for the picnic?

      Could you put these eggs into the basket before we go on the picnic?

    • She egged several eggs into the mixing bowl to prepare the batter.

      She cracked and added several eggs into the mixing bowl to make the batter.

Examples:

  • EN: You've got egg on your necktie again.
    ES: Tienes un huevo en la corbata otra vez.
  • EN: Yeah. Kenneth Bixby wouldn't have egg on his necktie.
    ES: Kenneth Bixby no tendría huevo en su corbata.
  • EN: You stick the egg on.
    ES: Mantente en tus trece.
  • EN: Hot! You could fry an egg on it.
    ES: - ¡Tan caliente que podrías freír un huevo!
  • EN: Get egg on a flowing tie.
    ES: Una corbata manchada de huevo.
  • EN: But I had a heck of a time trying to eat my egg on toast in the dark.
    ES: Me ha costado lo mío tomar mi cena a oscuras.
  • EN: I think, Stevie would like a nice poached egg on toast and I'll have a mixed salad.
    ES: - Un pastel de huevo para Stevie. Y para mí una ensalada mixta.
  • EN: Do you find you need that egg on the left?
    ES: - ¿Se comerá ese huevo de allí?
  • EN: I am standing around with egg on my face!
    ES: ¡Aquí parado pasando vergüenza!
  • EN: And if he has egg on his face, somebody's tossed a whole omelette on mine.
    ES: Si él está pasando vergüenza, mi situación es aún peor.
  • EN: Otherwise, the Willies will get you... little brown men with egg on their whiskers.
    ES: Esos horribles animalillos.
  • EN: Just a couple of flies, a sip of milk and perhaps a pigeon's egg on Sundays.
    ES: Unas cuantas moscas, un sorbito de leche y quizás un huevo de paloma los domingos.
  • EN: Al and me will frame up an act hot enough to fry an egg on.
    ES: Al y yo haremos un acto tan caliente como para freír un huevo.
  • EN: You can fry an egg on that highway at noon.
    ES: Puede freír un huevo en esa carretera al mediodía.
  • EN: We was coming home from Aden. Hot? You could have fried an egg on the deck.
    ES: Era otoño y se podía freír un huevo en la cubierta.
  • EN: You've got egg on your necktie again.
    ES: Tienes un huevo en la corbata otra vez.
  • EN: Yeah. Kenneth Bixby wouldn't have egg on his necktie.
    ES: Kenneth Bixby no tendría huevo en su corbata.
  • EN: You stick the egg on.
    ES: Mantente en tus trece.
  • EN: Hot! You could fry an egg on it.
    ES: - ¡Tan caliente que podrías freír un huevo!
  • EN: Get egg on a flowing tie.
    ES: Una corbata manchada de huevo.
  • EN: But I had a heck of a time trying to eat my egg on toast in the dark.
    ES: Me ha costado lo mío tomar mi cena a oscuras.
  • EN: I think, Stevie would like a nice poached egg on toast and I'll have a mixed salad.
    ES: - Un pastel de huevo para Stevie. Y para mí una ensalada mixta.
  • EN: Do you find you need that egg on the left?
    ES: - ¿Se comerá ese huevo de allí?
  • EN: I am standing around with egg on my face!
    ES: ¡Aquí parado pasando vergüenza!
  • EN: And if he has egg on his face, somebody's tossed a whole omelette on mine.
    ES: Si él está pasando vergüenza, mi situación es aún peor.
  • EN: Otherwise, the Willies will get you... little brown men with egg on their whiskers.
    ES: Esos horribles animalillos.
  • EN: Just a couple of flies, a sip of milk and perhaps a pigeon's egg on Sundays.
    ES: Unas cuantas moscas, un sorbito de leche y quizás un huevo de paloma los domingos.
  • EN: Al and me will frame up an act hot enough to fry an egg on.
    ES: Al y yo haremos un acto tan caliente como para freír un huevo.
  • EN: You can fry an egg on that highway at noon.
    ES: Puede freír un huevo en esa carretera al mediodía.
  • EN: We was coming home from Aden. Hot? You could have fried an egg on the deck.
    ES: Era otoño y se podía freír un huevo en la cubierta.

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