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• you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs — you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs phrase used for saying that it is impossible to achieve something good without causing some problems or some unpleasant effects Thesaurus: progress and developmentsynonym Main entry: omelette * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs — This idiom means that in order to achieve something or make progress, there are often losers in the process …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs — Cf. Fr. on ne fait pas d’omelette sans casser des œufs, one does not make an omelette without breaking eggs. 1859 T. P. THOMPSON Audi Alteram Partem II. xc. We are walking upon eggs and..the omelet will not be made without the breaking of some.… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• omelette — UK [ˈɒmlət] / US [ˈɑmlət] noun [countable] Word forms omelette : singular omelette plural omelettes a flat round food made by mixing eggs together and cooking them a cheese omelette • you can t make an omelette without breaking eggs …   English dictionary

• omelette — ome|lette also omelet AmE [ˈɔmlıt US ˈa:m ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: omelette, from Latin lamella thin plate ] 1.) eggs mixed together and cooked in hot fat, sometimes with other foods added ▪ a cheese omelette 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. — something that you say which means it is difficult to achieve something important without causing any unpleasant effects. Twenty jobs will have to be cut if the company s going to be made more efficient. But you can t make an omelette without… …   New idioms dictionary

• omelette or omelet — ome|lette or ome|let [ amlət ] noun count a flat round food made by mixing eggs together and cooking them: a cheese omelette you can t make an omelette without breaking eggs used for saying that it is impossible to achieve something good without… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• omelette — also omelet AmE noun (C) 1 eggs mixed together and cooked in hot fat, sometimes with other foods added: a cheese omelette 2 you can t make an omelette without breaking eggs used to say that it is impossible to do something important without… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• omelette — see you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs …   Proverbs new dictionary

• you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs — used for saying that it is impossible to achieve something good without causing some problems or some unpleasant effects …   English dictionary

• You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs —   This idiom means that in order to achieve something or make progress, there are often losers in the process …   Dictionary of English idioms