egg on

Verb

Meaning

urge on; cause to act

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Examples

I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later. Susan George

That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects. Victoria Pratt

Say what you will, there is something fine about our old aristocracy. I'll bet Trotsky couldn't hit a moving secretary with an egg on a dark night. P. G. Wodehouse

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics. Ann Richards

God, it was hot! Forget about frying an egg on the sidewalk; this kind of heat would fry an egg inside the chicken. Rachel Caine

As unsteady as an egg on a stick. Scottish Gaelic Proverb

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