walking on eggs
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"Ever since the market meltdown, ; Greenspan has been walking on eggs," says Pierre Rinfret, a New York City- based economist.
From Time Magazine Archive
In writing the play, Anouilh was plainly walking on eggs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cackling happily, the hens then went on to such a fabulous overproduction that the whole U.S. was practically walking on eggs.
From Time Magazine Archive
On his return to Italy, Togliatti said of Khrushchev's famed outburst against Stalin: "He was like an elephant walking on eggs."
From Time Magazine Archive
These words struck Popinot with a cold chill, and he began to step as if he were walking on eggs, looking nervously at the wall.
From Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac
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