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idiomeggshellswalk on eggshells/eggs(also tread on eggshells/eggs BrE)offend to be very careful to try not to say or do the wrong thing, because someone gets upset easily or because a situation could easily become worse :For the last eight months of the marriage, he couldn't control his temper. I started to walk on eggshells for fear of upsetting him.Everyone at the record company who worked closely with the group was walking on eggshells before the Grammy performance last February.
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