walking on eggs
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He knows that he is walking on eggs and that a fascinated and not too friendly audience is watching him.
From Time Magazine Archive
But time after time, the accounts of Watergate events in his book are couched in the vague terms of the diplomat who is 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
Whenever I am in that girl's presence, I have a queer feeling that I am walking on eggs, and tip-toe as I may, shall smash things.
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
