WALK ON EGGSHELLS

Meaning of WALK ON EGGSHELLS in English

or walk on eggs phrasal to exercise extreme caution

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

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 — be very careful, on tenterhooks , watch your step Your son is so afraid of making a mistake he's walking …
English Idioms vocabulary
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 …
Английский словарь Британика
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
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIDE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
S
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIGHT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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