Meaning
to be extremely careful around someone in order not to upset them
Examples
Whenever my mother-in-law visits I’m walking on eggshells in my own home.
We’ve all been walking on eggshells around my father since he lost his job.
Everyone is walking on eggshells at my firm because the owner is visiting our office this week.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘walking on eggshells (eggs)’ mean?
The idiom ‘walking on eggshells (eggs)’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘walking on eggshells (eggs)’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘walking on eggshells (eggs)’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.