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walk on eggshells
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walk on eggshellsverb
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.
walk on eggshellsverb
To be careful and sensitive, in handling very sensitive matters.
Etymology: 1800's Old English usage, probably from the imagery that eggshells are easily broken.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of walk on eggshells in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of walk on eggshells in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of walk on eggshells in a Sentence
My ‘family ‘Jackass’ has betrayed me, abandoned me, rejected me. Not all of them. I love all of them and they love me back. But it's specifically Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville so I feel like my family has f--king done everything horrible to me and made me jump through hoops and walk on eggshells, which is impossible, and strung me along like a f--king puppet to get the $5 million that I usually get when I make a movie with them.
We were told time and time again the people above Jon Tester Jon Tester treated like gold, the people below Jon Tester, Jon Tester belittled, screamed at them, really created a very toxic environment to the point where the people who worked around Jon Tester felt like they had to walk on eggshells because of Jon Tester lack of respect for Jon Tester job.
My ‘family’ Jackass has betrayed me, abandoned me, rejected me. Not all of them. I love all of them and they love me back. But it's specifically Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville so I feel like my family has f--king done everything horrible to me and made me jump through hoops and walk on eggshells, which is impossible, and strung me along like a f--king puppet to get the $5 million that I usually get when I get when I make a movie with them.
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