Lay an egg
Meanings of "Lay an egg"
Engels
To fail especially in a public performance
Engels
to do something bad or poorly
Engels
To flop, to fail, to fall short, to really meet with disapproval in/with a crowd. In the British sport of cricket when you fail to score, you get a zero. The mark then looks like an egg '0'. The term is also used in baseball, where a zero is a "goose egg."
In a literal sense it is when a bird or cold-blooded animal deposits eggs outside of its body. The easiest, a chicken lays eggs.
Grieks
Όταν κάποιος αποτυγχάνει, ειδικά σε μια δημόσια παρουσία
Spaans
Fallar especialmente en una actuación pública
Zweeds
Att misslyckas
"Lay an egg" in lyrics
InflationAdriano Celentano
my love I don't understand why,
you want to be the cock but then you lay an egg for me,
fornication! fornication!
I wish I were a chickenPeter Kreuder
I wish I were a hen
I wouldn't have much to do.
I would lay an egg in the morning
and in the afternoon I'd be free.
Turkey in the StrawBobby Horton
Oh, I had a little chick
But she wouldn't lay an egg
So I poured hot water
Ural BahadırUral Bâtır
as ı sky-bird now and henceforth,
ı shall lay an egg and hatch it,
Getting straightRonald Stein
Gets harder to swallow every day?
Don't you feel the 'grand old eagle' stands for do or die?
Or did he 'lay an egg and fly away'?
Round 1: I Am The GreatestCassius Clay
When I say three, they'll go in the third,
So don't bet against me, I'm a man of my word.
If Cassius says a cow can lay an egg,
Don't ask how, b!reeze that skillett
Ax StrokesPiero Marras
of the new winner,
a bad race of turncoats1
who lay an egg anywhere.2
1. Literaly: jumpers, hoppers.
2. They adapt themselves to live everywhere, under any condition.
Turkey in the StrawSharon, Lois & Bram
Oh, I had a little chicken, she wouldn't lay an egg
So I poured hot water up and down her leg
Oh the little chickie cried and the little chickie begged
And the gosh-darn chickie laid a hard-boiled egg
Turn The Light OnMark Owen
Let us jump out of this boat
Hear some music played down the radio
Lay an egg inside our zone
Turn the light on, turn the light on
The car's click clickPepe da Rosa
You shed two tears, your blood pressure goes up and your ears start to get purple. About to cry you leave saying "Well man. As long as the 'Click click, click click' goes off". Next day, the car is ready. The bill: 4500 pesetas including the company traffic. You pay without arguing, you get in the ...
Easter DayHeinrich Hoffmann
Five hares, they were
Sitting there in a place,
And each one of them
Made a sorrowful face.
The Song on My BlankieMeine Schmusedecke (OST)
Let's see whether he'll roar today! (*Rrr*)
We could just go to the chicken,
Maybe she'll lay an egg.
And if it doesn't work immediately,
Pickin' on the ChickenRay Stevens
He was stapled to the chicken
You know, "it ain't over 'til the fat chicken sings" and that's me
Is this any good or did I just "lay an egg"?
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