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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
...you were going to (complain my failures) about the one I chose.....??
lay a egg means:
complete failure; [for someone] to do something bad or poorly; to perform poorly on stage.
as in: I just made a huge mistake there; I laid an egg.
But in the above sentence context, I understand what she meant, but is that a legitmate way to use the idiom?
Vocabulary
Lay an egg (questionable usage)
"You get mad at the littlest things. You asked for a redwood two by four and I got you one. How was I supposed to know that you didn't want any knots in it? You didn't tell me to pick one out with no knots in it. I wouldn't have agreed to pick one up at all if I had known that you were going to lay an egg about the one I chose," Nina said to Phil.
Is this a correct way to use the idiom? lay an egg about something?...you were going to (complain my failures) about the one I chose.....??
lay a egg means:
complete failure; [for someone] to do something bad or poorly; to perform poorly on stage.
as in: I just made a huge mistake there; I laid an egg.
But in the above sentence context, I understand what she meant, but is that a legitmate way to use the idiom?
Top answer
Hi, It's not common, no. I'd have to guess at the meaning from the context. Clive
- Hi, It's not common, no.
- I'd have to guess at the meaning from the context.
- Clive
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Hi,
It's not common, no. I'd have to guess at the meaning from the context.
Clive
It's not common, no. I'd have to guess at the meaning from the context.
Clive
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I agree with Clive.
Perhaps you want, "Have a cow!"; "Have a bird!"
My understanding of "lay an egg" is when you present a "completed work" (as the hen does), and it turns out to be worthless, if not rediculous.
I think your author has made a mistake.
- A.
Perhaps you want, "Have a cow!"; "Have a bird!"
My understanding of "lay an egg" is when you present a "completed work" (as the hen does), and it turns out to be worthless, if not rediculous.
I think your author has made a mistake.
- A.
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