eggshell (redirected from eggshell paint)

be walking/treading on eggshells

if you are walking on eggshells, you are trying very hard not to upset someone. It was like walking on eggshells with my father. The smallest thing would make him angry.

See also: tread, walking

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walk on eggshells

to try very hard not to upset someone or something. Everyone at the company was walking on eggshells until we heard that no one would be fired.

Etymology: based on the idea that eggshells are easily broken

See also: walk