Name: Englisch Redewendung 56/100: Walk on egg shell.
Uploaded: 2015-01-29T13:57:53.000Z
Duration: 3 min 18 s
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Adverbs of manner

Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100   commonly used idioms by native English speakers.

Modal verbs - B1

All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you,

but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you'll be able to use these idioms in your conversations.

Alright, so does everyone know what an egg shell is?

It's from an egg, it's the shell, the outside, the white part of the egg.

So, if we put a bunch of egg shells on the ground and we walk on the egg shells, you have to walk very carefully.

You don't want to break the egg shells, right?

So, you can't stomp around. You're going to walk very carefully if you are walking on egg shells.

Alright, so let's imagine this picture in our head as we listen to the examples.

Her entrance exam is coming up, so we're   all walking on egg shells around her.

Alright, so the daughter has her entrance exam coming up. She's very nervous and worried.

So, the family is walking on egg shells around her.

Maybe they're very careful what they say or what they do.

There was a spread of influenza, so we were all walking on egg shells for a while.

Okay, so influenza went around Mexico, so they were walking on egg shells.

They were very nervous and careful not to get the influenza.

Alright, so 'walking on egg shells', if you guessed it, means to be very careful in a tense situation.

Okay, maybe someone's very nervous or it's an uncomfortable situation and you must act very carefully.

What you say or do could be very bad   in the situation if you're not careful.

So, let's think maybe your friend lost his job, okay, and he's having a difficult time with money.

So, maybe you should walk on egg shells with him.

You should be careful. Yeah, you don't want to talk about money or invite him to a nice restaurant or something.

So, in such a tense, uncomfortable situation, be very careful and walk on egg shells, alright?

So, that's all for today. I'll see you next time!