lay an egg
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lay an egg
verb lays an egg · laying an egg · laid an egg
- To produce an egg. During the mutiny of 1857–58, when several young surgeons had arrived in India, whose services were urgently needed at the front, it is said that the Head of the Department to which they had reported themselves, directed them immediately to 'lay a dawk.' One of them turned back from the door, saying
- To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful. That author usually writes good stuff, but he really laid an egg with that last piece.
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Synonym of grow a tail.
Similar: grow a tail
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verb to produce an egg
| Español | poner un huevo, ovar, huevear |
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| 日本語 | 産卵する sanran suru, 卵を生む tamago wo umu |
| 中文 | 產卵 /产卵 chǎnluǎn |
| Kiswahili | taga |
| Português | pôr um ovo, botar um ovo, ovar |
| Français | pondre un œuf |
| Deutsch | ein Ei legen |
| Română | oua |
| Русский | снести́ яйцо́ snestí jajcó, отложи́ть яйцо́ otložítʹ jajcó |
verb to produce a failure or flop
| Español | poner un huevo, fracasar |
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| 日本語 | 失敗する shippai suru |
| Português | fazer fiasco, fracassar |
| Français | faire un bide, faire un flop |
| Italiano | fare un buco nell'acqua |
| Русский | провали́ться provalítʹsja, потерпе́ть неуда́чу poterpétʹ neudáču |
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