walking on eggs

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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

He knows that he is walking on eggs and that a fascinated and not too friendly audience is watching him.

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In writing the play, Anouilh was plainly walking on eggs.

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In the next few meetings, as they talked about "tax reform" and closing loopholes as well as raising new money, Reagan seemed to be walking on eggs.

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You can feel every muscle in him become as rigid as ropes, and he touches the ground as if he was walking on eggs.

From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy