和鸡蛋有关的趣味英文俗语

    在我国口语中，常把坏人称为“坏蛋”，把考试成绩得零分称为“鸭蛋”。无独有偶，英语中也有与之相对应的表达法：

a bad egg——坏人，坏人；失败的计划；
duck’s egg 或 duck’s-egg——鸭蛋，零分。

除此之外，英语中还有五花八门的“蛋”：
good egg——好人，好东西；
Good egg ！——真好！妙极了！
golden eggs——大利益；
goose eggs——零分，青肿块；
dumb^{1 egg——傻瓜；
curate’s egg——好坏参半的东西；
old egg——老朋友，老兄；
hard-boiled egg——无情的人，吝啬鬼；
roc’s egg——镜花水月，虚幻的事物；
Easter egg——复活节彩蛋；
nest egg或nest-egg——储备金。}

 英语中由egg构成的习语也很多：

 1、 as sure as eggs is are eggs——千真万确，无疑地
As sure as eggs is eggs he will come tonight 。

2、 break the egg in sb’s pocket ——打破某人的计划
We have broken the eggs in the enemy’s pocket 。
3、 as full as an egg is of meat 或 as full of meat as an egg——塞满的，最好的，饱学的
He is as full of meat as an egg where the law is concerned 。
4、 bring one’s eggs to a bad market——失败，失算
It is a pity that he would have brought his eggs to a bad market 。
5、 have egg on one’s face——显得愚蠢
The government has egg on its face over the failure of its prices and incomes plan 。
6、 have eggs on the spit——手头有事，很忙
He said he had eggs on the spit。
7、 lay an egg——失败
He laid an egg as the romantic hero。
8、 have / put all eggs in one basket——孤注一掷After he failed twice , he decided^{2 to have all his eggs in on basket 。
9、 teach one’s grandmother to suck eggs——教训长辈，班门弄斧
Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs 。}

10、 have an egg from the oof bird——得到一笔遗产
Ralph will have a good seized egg from the oof bird when his uncle dies 。

 11、 tread^{3 / walk on / upon eggs——小心翼翼地行动，如履薄冰
That old man always walks on eggs}

 此外，还有以下这些习惯用语：

full as an egg——烂醉
rush in the egg——防患于未然
from the egg to the apple——自始至终
in the egg——在初期
go lay an egg ——别管闲事，滚开
like / as two eggs——完全一样
with eggs on one’s face——受屈辱
在英语中用egg构成的谚语也为数不少，以下列出几条：
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow 。
He that would have eggs must endure^{4 the cackling of hens 。
It is very hard to shave an egg 。
Never cackle till your egg is laid 。}