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Dictionary definition: You cannot make an OMELETTE without breaking eggs
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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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