English
Verb
walk on eggshells (third-person singular simple present walks on eggshells, present participle walking on eggshells, simple past and past participle walked on eggshells)
- (idiomatic) To be overly careful in dealing with a person or situation because they get angry or offended very easily; to try very hard not to upset someone or something.
- (idiomatic) To be careful and sensitive, in handling very sensitive matters.
Translations
to act carefully to avoid upsetting someone
- Arabic:
- Armenian: վարվել շրջահայաց կերպով (varvel šrǰahayacʿ kerpov), գործել մեծագույն զգուշությամբ (gorcel mecaguyn zgušutʿyamb)
- Catalan:
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 伴君如伴虎 (bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ) (for superiors only), 謹慎行事, 谨慎行事 (jǐnshèn xíngshì)
- Czech:
- Danish: gå på æggeskaller
- Dutch: op eieren lopen
- Finnish: pitää kuin kukkaa kämmenellä
- French: marcher sur des œufs (fr), prendre des pincettes
- German: sich auf Eierschalen bewegen
- Hindi:
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- Italian: camminare sulle uova, andare con i piedi di piombo
- Japanese:
- Korean:
- Polish: obchodzić się jak z jajkiem
- Portuguese: pisar em ovos (pt)
- Russian: ходи́ть на цы́почках (ru) (xodítʹ na cýpočkax), ходи́ть на цы́рлах (xodítʹ na cýrlax), ходи́ть по яи́чной скорлупе́ (xodítʹ po jaíčnoj skorlupé), ходи́ть по я́йцам (xodítʹ po jájcam)
- Serbo-Croatian: ходати по јајима
- Spanish: andar pisando huevos (informal), venir pisando huevos (informal), ir pisando huevos (informal)
- Ukrainian: носитися, як курка з яйцем (nosytysja, jak kurka z jajcem), бігати, як курка з яйцем (bihaty, jak kurka z jajcem)
- Vietnamese:
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to handle sensitive matters delicately
- Arabic:
- Armenian: լինել նուրբ նկատառում պահանջող դրության մեջ (linel nurb nkataṙum pahanǰoł drutʿyan meǰ)
- Catalan:
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 如履薄冰 (rú lǚ bó bīng)
- Czech:
- Dutch: op eieren lopen
- Finnish: käsitellä silkkihansikkain
- French: prendre des pincettes, prendre des gants (fr), mettre des gants (fr)
- German:
- Hindi:
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- Italian:
- Japanese:
- Korean:
- Polish:
- Portuguese: pisar em ovos (pt)
- Russian: ходи́ть на цы́почках (ru) (xodítʹ na cýpočkax), ходи́ть по я́йцам (xodítʹ po jájcam)
- Serbo-Croatian: ходати по јајима
- Spanish: andar pisando huevos (informal), venir pisando huevos (informal), ir pisando huevos (informal)
- Vietnamese:
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- German: (please verify)sich auf Eierschalen bewegen
See also