price of eggs

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Noun

price of eggs (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Something trivial or irrelevant, usually used to emphasize the lack of relationship of a non sequitur.
    • 2002, Sharon Elizabeth Doyle, "The Mother Hunt, Part 1", episode of A Nero Wolfe Mystery (teleplay).
      "What has that got to do with the price of eggs in Reykjavik?"
    • 2007, Barry Head, Swansong: A Message of Love and Farewell:
      "As to what all that has to do with the price of eggs, as they say, I'm not sure, which is why I called for a detour."
    • 2012, Walter R. Borneman, The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King:
      "And besides, the question had "nothing to do with the 'price of eggs'."

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