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- noun Plural form of
eggshell .
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Examples
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May 1st, 2009 like walking on, breathing in eggshells
like walking on, breathing in eggshells tragic_elegance 2009
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I think the point of Geithner’s walking on eggshells is not to break the eggshells.
Matthew Yglesias » Martin Wolf: Nationalize, Nationalize, Nationalize 2009
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Luskin and Rove are walking on eggshells, that is clear.
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Luskin and Rove are walking on eggshells, that is clear.
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The arrangement of the bones and delicate structures, such as eggshells and the snake's skull, point to quick entombment.
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The arrangement of the bones and delicate structures, such as eggshells and the snake's skull, point to quick entombment.
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We walked on eggshells for the first year after the 2008 election of what could be said to whom and when it could be said.
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Deb spends the whole episode walking on emotional eggshells around Dexter, hugging her shirtless brother for an uncomfortably long time after his sea rescue, then declaring, "I love you."
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Milking goats and pushing a chickenmobile around the yard every morning, dumping eggshells and coffee grounds into the composter every night after the dishes were done.
Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011
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We're walking on eggshells, says Cameron Freeman Napier, honorary regent for life of the First White Houseof the Confederacy, where Davis lived for several months before the capital moved to Richmond, Va.
Across the South, the Civil War is an enduring conflict 2011
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