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English
Etymology
1800s usage, probably from the imagery that eggshells are easily broken when stepped upon.
Pronunciation
Verb
walk on eggshells (third-person singular simple present walks on eggshells, present participle walking on eggshells, simple past and past participle walked on eggshells)
- (idiomatic) To be overly careful in dealing with a person or situation because they get angry or offended very easily; to try very hard not to upset someone or something.
- (idiomatic) To be careful and sensitive, in handling very sensitive matters.
Translations
to act carefully to avoid upsetting someone
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: վարվել շրջահայաց կերպով (varvel šrǰahayacʻ kerpov), գործել մեծագույն զգուշությամբ (gorcel mecaguyn zgušutʻyamb)
- Bulgarian: действам внимателно (dejstvam vnimatelno)
- Catalan: anar amb peus de plom
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 伴君如伴虎 (bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ) (for superiors only), 謹慎行事, 谨慎行事 (jǐnshèn xíngshì)
- Czech: please add this translation if you can
- Danish: gå på æggeskaller
- Dutch: op eieren lopen
- Finnish: pitää kuin kukkaa kämmenellä
- French: marcher sur des œufs (fr), prendre des pincettes
- Galician: ir cos pés de la
- German: einen Eiertanz vollführen (idiom)
- Hebrew: הלך על ביצים
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: camminare sulle uova, andare coi piedi di piombo
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: obchodzić się jak z jajkiem (pl)
- Portuguese: pisar em ovos (pt) (Brazil)
- Russian: ходи́ть на цы́почках (ru) (xodítʹ na cýpočkax), ходи́ть на цы́рлах (xodítʹ na cýrlax), ходи́ть по яи́чной скорлупе́ (xodítʹ po jaíčnoj skorlupé), ходи́ть по я́йцам (xodítʹ po jájcam)
- Serbo-Croatian: ходати по јајима
- Ukrainian: носитися, як курка з яйцем (nosytysja, jak kurka z jajcem), бігати, як курка з яйцем (bihaty, jak kurka z jajcem)
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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to handle sensitive matters delicately
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