Idioms and Phrases using Easter Symbols

Because its Easter Season I love to share some Idioms and phrases using Easter symbols, which I learned today.

To put all your eggs in one basket: To place all one's resources in one place

To egg some one on: To encourage some one to continue doing something unwise

To walk on egg shells: To try very hard not to upset some one or some thing

You cannot make an omelet with out breaking eggs: To do some thing good, you need to give something else up

A chicken and the Egg situation: A situation in which it it impossible to say which of two things existed first and which caused the other one

Lay an egg: To do something poorly or to fail to make people enjoy

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs: Do not offer advice to some one who has more experience than oneself

Kill the goose that lays the golden egg: To destroy something that is profitable to you

He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens: You must be willing to endure unpleasant, irritating things in order to get what you want

Pull a rabbit out of hat: To do something surprising

rabbit caught in the headlights: To be so frightened or surprised

Mad -as -March -hare: Crazy ( behavior of hares in their breeding season)

If you run after two hares you will catch neither: You cannot do two things successfully at the same time

Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds: To support both sides of a dispute

Dear Friends, Thank you for taking your precious time reading and please try to write few sentences using this idioms and phrases when you are free at home. Hope it will help you.

Wish you a Very Happy Easter!

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Comments

Elen March 26, 2016 22:35

Dear Adaline, nice idea to inform us about all these idioms. Thanks for sharing :)
setareh March 26, 2016 5:05

Dear Adaline, I knew some of them but most of it was new to me; thanks for sharing.
Peppo March 26, 2016 0:53

My dear friend Adaline Bala has done a great work. She Pulls a rabbit out of hat by sharing a lot of awesome idioms using Easter symbols.
How about this? Hehe...
Thanks for sharing :)
Adaline Bala March 25, 2016 22:26

Dear Sweet heart Evangelina, Thank you so much for taking your time reading and comment. I appreciate it. Lovely sentence.
Adaline Bala March 25, 2016 22:22

Dear Abiba, Thank you so much for taking time to read and comment, I appreciate it sweet heart.
Adaline Bala March 25, 2016 22:18

Dear Shaila, Thank you so much for reading and comment. I appreciate it sweet heart.
Adaline Bala March 25, 2016 9:32

Dear Precious, Hurieh, Judy Abbot, Shoba & Sophia, Thank you so much for taking your time reading and liking. I appreciate it.
Adaline Bala March 25, 2016 9:29

Dear Hurieh, Excellent example situation.

Thank you so much for taking your time reading and comment. I appreciate it sweet heart.
Adaline Bala March 25, 2016 9:26

Dear Shoba, Yes, we have to be careful around sensitive people is in it. Nicely explained idiom.

Thank you so much for taking your time reading and comment, I appreciate it sweet heart.
Adaline Bala March 25, 2016 9:19

Dear Bathuhan, Wow! What a lovely way to explain a idiom. You are very imaginative.

Thank you so much for taking your time reading and comment. I appreciate it.

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