WALK ON EGGSHELLS

Meaning of WALK ON EGGSHELLS in English

be very careful, on tenterhooks , watch your step

Your son is so afraid of making a mistake he's walking on eggshells.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

WALK ON EGGSHELLS — or walk on eggs phrasal to exercise extreme caution
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WALK ON EGGSHELLS — or walk on eggs : to exercise extreme caution
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WALK ON EGGSHELLS — be extremely cautious about one's words or actions. → walk
Concise Oxford English vocab
WALK ON EGGSHELLS — be very careful, watch your step Your son is so afraid of making a mistake he's walking on eggshells.
English Idioms vocab
WALK ON EGGSHELLS — or walk on eggs : to exercise extreme caution
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WALK — I. ˈwȯk verb Etymology: partly from Middle English walken (past welk, past participle walken ), from Old English wealcan to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WALK — I. walk 1 S1 W1 /wɔːk $ wɒːk/ BrE AmE verb 1 . [intransitive and transitive] to move forward by …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WALK — I. ˈwȯk verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English walken (past welk, past participle walke ), from Old English wealcan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WALK — /wawk/ , v.i. 1. to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WALK — noun conduct; course of action; behavior. 2. walk ·vi to move off; to depart. 3. walk ·add. ·noun a place …
Webster English vocab
WALK — [walk] vb [partly fr. ME walken (past welk, pp. walken), fr. OE wealcan to roll, toss, journey about (past weolc, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WALK — in horsemanship, moderately slow four-beat gait of a horse, during which each foot strikes the ground separately and the horse …
Britannica English vocabulary
WALK — / wɔːk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [usually + adv. / prep. ] to move or go …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WALK — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WALK — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WALK — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each …
Oxford English vocab
WALK — ( walks, walking, walked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WALK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cliff walk (= a walk along cliffs ) ▪ Shall we do the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WALK — [noun]He went for/took a walk around the block, to clear his head. [C]They went on a ten-mile walk to raise …
Cambridge English vocab
WALK — I. noun 1 trip on foot ADJECTIVE ▪ brief , little , short ▪ We took a brief ~ around …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WALK
Longman Activator English vocab
WALK — n. 25B6; verb they walked along the road : STROLL, saunter, amble, trudge, plod, hike, tramp, trek, march, stride, troop, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WALK — v. 1 advance, proceed, move, go, wend, go or make (one's) way by foot, tread, step, perambulate, stalk, stride, tramp, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WALK — 1. сущ. 1) а) шаг, ходьба; походка б) расстояние в) спорт ходьба (как вид состязания) 2) а) прогулка пешком to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WALK — walk.ogg _I 1. wɔ:k n 1. ходьба sharp walk - быстрая ходьба the town is an hour's walk from us …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WALK — 1) пешеходная дорожка 2) проход 3) метр. уход; блуждание 4) маршрут ( в графе ) ; обход ( графа ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WALK — 1) пешеходная дорожка 2) проход 3) метр. уход; блуждание 4) маршрут (в графе); обход (графа) • - cat walk - drilling bit walk - drill bit walk - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WALK — 1) блуждание 2) блуждать 3) гулять 4) дорожка 5) ходить 6) ходьба • aperiodic random walk — апериодическое случайное блуждание continuous random walk — непрерывное случайное блуждание controlled random …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WALK — _I 1. wɔ:k n 1. ходьба sharp walk - быстрая ходьба the town is an hour's walk from us - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. ) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WALK — 1. сущ. 1) а) шаг, ходьба; походка б) расстояние a 14 km walk out of the town — на расстоянии …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WALK — 1. сущ. 1) а) шаг, ходьба; походка б) расстояние a 14 km walk out of the town — на расстоянии 14 километров от города We …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WALK — 1. _n. 1> ходьба 2> расстояние; a mile's walk from - на расстоянии мили от 3> шаг; to go at …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WALK — 1. n. 1. ходьба 2. расстояние; a mile's walk from - на расстоянии мили от 3. шаг; to go at …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WALK — 1. _n. 1> ходьба 2> расстояние; a mile's walk from на расстоянии мили от 3> шаг; to go at a …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
WALK — walk n AmE infml That game was a walk Мы запросто выиграли эту встречу walk vi 1. infml She has …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
WALK — 1. сущ. 1) а) шаг, ходьба; походка б) расстояние в) спорт ходьба (как вид состязания) 2) а) прогулка пешком to …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CALCIUM — Chemical element , one of the alkaline earth metal s, chemical symbol Ca, atomic number 20. The most abundant metallic …
Английский словарь Британика
BIRD — I Any of the warm-blooded, beaked A covering of feather s distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …
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SETTLE — I. ˈsed. ə l, -et ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English setle, settil, settle, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OOPORPHYRIN — |ōə+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary o- + porphyrin : a pale brown pigment in eggshells (as of the domestic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DASYPELTIDAE — ˌdasəˈpeltəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Dasypeltis, type genus (from dasy- + Greek peltē small shield) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLARIFY — ˈklarəˌfī also ˈkler- verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English clarifien, from Middle French clarifier, from Late Latin clarificare, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WALK ON EGGS — see walk on eggshells
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WALK — ■ verb 1》 move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn. ↘travel over (a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PEREGRINE FALCON — Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) also called duck hawk (Falco peregrinus), bird of prey of the family Falconidae, which occurs worldwide …
Britannica English vocabulary
MAIASAURA — genus of duck-billed dinosaurs (hadrosaurs) found as fossils in Late Cretaceous rocks (97.5 to 66.4 million years old) of North …
Britannica English vocabulary
EGGSHELL — also egg shell ( eggshells) An eggshell is the hard covering on the outside of an egg. N-VAR
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP
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TAKE
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SIDE
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SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
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S
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RIGHT
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PUT
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