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Idioms can sometimes be confusing. The first time you hear someone use a certain idiom you may wonder what they are trying to say. Usually you can figure out the meaning from the context (or situation) in which it is used, but sometimes the meaning still isn't clear. That's why it is a good thing to know the meanings of commonly used idioms. Here are a few examples:
IDIOM MEANING walking on egg shells being careful not to hurt someone's feelings egghead highly educated person you can't unscramble eggs you can't undo what is done bad egg bad person don't put all your eggs in one basket spread out your risk does a chicken have lips? a way of saying no I got egg on my face I did something embarrassing chicken out too afraid to do something chicken scratch bad handwriting let's talk turkey let's discuss business chicken feed small amount of money
The boy who stole your hat is a bad egg. You expect me to work for chicken feed! That's a good idea, now let's talk turkey.