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单词 walk/be on eggshells
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walk/be on eggshells

idiom
(UKalsotread on eggshells)
to be verycarefulnot tooffendorupsetsomeone:
If you'resickyou don'twantpeopletreatingyoudifferently, and you really don'twantpeoplewalkingoneggshellsaroundyou.
When he'stiredwespendthedaytreadingoneggshellsas hebecomesstubbornandgrumpy.
I was always oneggshellswhen myfamilycame tostay.
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(Definition ofwalk/be on eggshellsfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/walk-be-on-eggshells##
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