English Idioms

egg-citing

Orchidee

User since 2007
Posts: 5

18 Aug. 2008

Today's lesson.
I suppose this expression is a play word with "exciting"

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AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
18 Aug. 2008

As pigs might fly, eggs might be quoted because eggheads must be able to understand what the yolk of the egg is telling about its future.
Such story is suitable for Eastern.
Thank you, Flower, for egging on to generate such ideas.
As pigs might fly, eggs might be quoted because eggheads must be able to understand what the yolk of the egg is telling about its future. Such story is suitable for Eastern. Thank you, Flower, for egging on to generate such ideas.
nikitta
User since 2008
Posts: 8
11 Oct. 2008

help me
help me
AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
12 Oct. 2008

My pal Ahq - he is a good egg (a good fellow) - took pleasure with playing with words, but it was a bit abstruse for beginners.
As Orchidee hinted, egg-citing is a pun, a play on words.
As a spoonerism egg-citing comes for exciting.
But it has the plus that it evokes at the same time "citing an egg" and moreover that the verb to egg means inciting to action. EGGING someone to do something = EXCITING them to do something.
My pal Ahq - he is a good egg (a good fellow) - took pleasure with playing with words, but it was a bit abstruse for beginners. As Orchidee hinted, egg-citing is a pun, a play on words. As a spoonerism egg-citing comes for exciting. But it has the plus that it evokes at the same time "citing an egg" and moreover that the verb to egg means inciting to action. EGGING someone to do something = EXCITING them to do something.
GymGlish Content
User since 2007
Posts: 86
14 Oct. 2008

What's the matter, Nikitta? Are you alergic to eggs?
What's the matter, Nikitta? Are you alergic to eggs?

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