egg on 煽动、怂恿

Mary egged her husband on to steal the money. 玛丽怂恿她丈夫去偷钱。
She egged him on to buy a car.

have eggs on the spit（烤肉铁签）    手头有事, 正在忙着

Never try to teach one's grandma to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧、不要在关公面前舞大刀。（或never offer to teach fish to swim）

Bad egg 坏蛋

Old egg 老家伙

get a goose egg/duck egg 考试吃鸭蛋

full as an egg  喝酒喝多了

laid an egg  失败了、搞砸了

He laid an egg telling a joke. 讲笑话讲砸了。

walk / tread on / upon eggs  小心翼翼地行事。

from the egg to the apple自始至终

He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. 想要吃鸡蛋，就不得不听母鸡叫。(要享受就得先吃苦)

You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. 不可能不付出代价而有所得。(omelet是一种蛋饼)

Never cackle till your egg is laid. 蛋没下来之前别咯咯叫。(事未成功，切莫张扬)

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.不要把全部希望寄托于一次机会上。