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Bob Hope

Meaning of "lay an egg" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAY AN EGG

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WHAT DOES LAY AN EGG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lay an egg in the English dictionary

The definition of lay an egg in the dictionary is to make a joke or give a performance, etc, that fails completely. Other definition of lay an egg is to fail completely; flop.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAY AN EGG

lay a course
lay a finger on
lay aboard
lay analyst
lay aside
lay at someone´s door
lay away
lay bare
lay brother
lay claim to
lay days
lay down
lay down one´s arms
lay down the law
lay figure
lay hands on
lay hold of
lay in
lay into
lay it on

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAY AN EGG

bad egg
barn egg
battery egg
boiled egg
cleidoic egg
curate´s egg
darning egg
Easter egg
free-range egg
good egg
nest egg
new-laid egg
ostrich egg
poached egg
Scotch egg
scrambled egg
sea egg
soft-boiled egg
tea egg

Synonyms and antonyms of lay an egg in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lay an egg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAY AN EGG

Find out the translation of lay an egg to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lay an egg from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lay an egg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

下蛋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poner un huevo
570 millions of speakers

English

lay an egg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक अंडा देना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وضع بيضة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

облажаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

botar um ovo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটি ডিম পাড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pondre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meletakkan telur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ein Ei legen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

卵を産む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

계란을 누워
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lay endhog
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đẻ trứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு முட்டை போட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक अंडे घालणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bir yumurta koy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deporre un uovo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

położyć jajko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

облажаться
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pune un ou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θέσει ένα αυγό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lê ´n eier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lägga ett ägg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

legge et egg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lay an egg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAY AN EGG»

The term «lay an egg» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.321 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAY AN EGG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lay an egg» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lay an egg» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lay an egg

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QUOTES WITH «LAY AN EGG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lay an egg.
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Bob Hope
If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAY AN EGG»

Discover the use of lay an egg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lay an egg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Best Place to Lay an Egg
Life on the farm is always busy. Every animal has work to do, and of course, the chicken's job is the most important. Every day it is their job to lay the eggs for farmer. But today it seems like everything is going wrong!
‎2012
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You Can't Lay an Egg If You're an Elephant
Explains different types of reproduction in the animal world, giving examples of large and small birds who lay eggs, and large and small mammals who give birth to live babies.
Fred Ehrlich, M.D., 2011
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Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
LAY A DUCK'S EGG See Lay an Egg. LAY A GOOSE EGG See Lay an Egg. LAY AN EGG to lay an egg. To fail miserably. HDAS: 1861. Source: EGG. MWCD: 14th cent. This expression originated in England in the 1850s in reference to the ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 2000
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... both personally and professionally, and it is still going stroni;. go lay an egg lay an egg go lay an egg (si.) is used to rudely tell a person to go away (and stop being annoying): 'How many times have I told you not to smoke in my...' "Ah, go lay ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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50 Learning Songs Sung to Your Favorite Tunes: Teach and ...
Teach and Delight Every Child with Skill-Building Songs That Are Fun to Sing and a Snap to Learn! Meish Goldish. o oo Eggs (sung to "lt Ain't Gonna' Rain No More") CHORUS: Who's gonna lay an egg, an egg? Who's gonna lay an egg?
Meish Goldish, 2001
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
3. Hence, as in 'There are always “layabouts”— out-of-works—hanging around [ law] court buildings': police 5. since ca. 1935; by ca. 1960, gen. 5. John Gosling, The Ghost Squad, 1959. lay an egg. To make a great fuss; esp. 'Don't lay an egg!
Eric Partridge, 2006
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Bird Nests and Construction Behaviour
Not a single species of bird is known that does not lay an egg. This is rather surprising since not all fish lay eggs, amphibians and reptiles show both oviparity and viviparity and even the mammals, although largely viviparous, have some ...
Mike Hansell, 2000
8
Love Tells the Truth
To which the girl replied, "Why, the chicken came first, 'cause God couldn't lay an egg.'" Now, that is supposed to be funny, but I empathetically state that God wouldn't lay an egg, since that would bring on a more complicated method of ...
Darrel L. Heath, 2008
9
The Hen That Couldn't Lay an Egg
Miss Priscilla wanted some baby chicks of her own, but this wasn't happening. No matter how much time she spent on her nest, it was always empty. But then she found an ostrich egg and decided to adopt it as her own.
Clyde Smith, 2011
10
Dialectology as Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation
apparent stage of wholesale interchangeability between 'egg' and 'lay(an egg)' both in terms of semantics and part of speech. Naturally, this potential innovation is at best weak evidence on its own terms. I offer it here simply for the sake of ...
Jamin R. Pelkey, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAY AN EGG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lay an egg is used in the context of the following news items.
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Major League Standings- Gold Cup Week 2 - Sounder At Heart
Some weeks Kaka is on and the team gels and they look almost unstoppable and some weeks they lay an egg but hey, at least they have a lot ... «Sounder At Heart, Jul 15»
2
My Chickens Are Smarter Than Animal Rights Activists
Do they even realize that a) a healthy chicken will lay an egg about every 24 hours, and b) these eggs are not fertilized since most people don't ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
3
Cicada Killers Swarming; Bug Expert Says Let Them Do Their Job
"They'll take them down into the ground and they'll stuff them into this burrow that they have in the ground and they'll lay an egg on it, and when ... «TWC News, Jul 15»
4
OUTDOORS: Movies helped introduce me to the outdoors
On farm animals, they bite and lay an egg in the wound cavity, which results in a grub feeding on the host until it pupas into a fly. Everyone ... «The Times, Jul 15»
5
Gardening and more: Memory can be a tricky thing
Ma would trick the hens into thinking that they were seeing a nest of eggs so they would lay an egg there. To trick them, Ma would have old ... «Cadiz Record, Jul 15»
6
Are the Whitecaps an Elite MLS Club?
Besides, I'm ragging on the 'Caps here for a couple of putrid performances, but what MLS club doesn't lay an egg from time to time? Is it really ... «Eighty Six Forever, Jul 15»
7
Review of 'Fairy Tail Series 2' EP 66 - Tartarus Arc: Demonic …
I laughed when Sayla was about to lay an egg as she noticed the cards that the Exceeds were holding. I strongly felt that Cana was the ultimate ... «The News Hub, Jul 15»
8
Schein Calls Arians-Steelers Feud One Of The Best In NFL
I hope the cardinals do good this year. otherwise we're just gonna lay an egg against them. toonasteel. Steve, this is the longest piece of prose ... «Steelers Depot, Jul 15»
9
Where are they now? A look back at the 2005 Royals
Coming off a season where many experts and pundits picked the Royals to win the AL Central and for the Royals to completely lay an egg after ... «Royals Blue, Jul 15»
10
Vet bills tug at your heart and purse strings
One hundred dollars, one thousand, ten thousand? For farmers the decision is easy. Dog looks tired: Bang! Chicken didn't lay an egg: Chop! «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

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