Dictionary definition: You cannot make an OMELETTE without breaking eggs

You cannot make an OMELETTE without breaking eggs Cf. Fr. on ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des œufs , one does not make an omelette without breaking eggs.
1859 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem ii . xc.
We are walking upon eggs and‥the omelet will not be made without the breaking of some.
1897 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives viii.
You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs,‥and it is no bagatelle to escape from Edinburgh Castle. One of us, I think, was ...

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