Examples of 'lay an egg' in a sentence

Meaning of "lay an egg"

The phrase 'lay an egg' is an idiom that means to produce a failure or be unsuccessful at something. It is often used metaphorically to describe a performance, project, or endeavor that did not meet expectations or was disappointing
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  • To produce an egg.
  • To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.

How to use "lay an egg" in a sentence

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lay an egg
You lay an egg over there and.
Which means none of them is going to lay an egg.
I would love to lay an egg in your nest.
To lay an egg and have done with it.
I would like to see you lay an egg.
Please lay an egg one more time.
It is easy to tell when a peahen is going to lay an egg.
If state wants to lay an egg that was a good start.
Sooner or later every rooster wants to lay an egg.
I have seen acts lay an egg but yours is an omelette.
But this act better not lay an egg.
I just lay an egg in my pants.
I know how they lay an egg.
A hen will lay an egg anywhere she feels safe.
Maybe she will lay an egg.

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To lay an egg like this.
Maybe the chicken can lay an egg in there.
Lay an egg of hope.
Even the best marketers occasionally lay an egg.
Now turn around and lay an egg on the glass.
A roster is a list of names and would not lay an egg.
So much more sensible to lay an egg and have done with it.
They can not wait for him to lay an egg.
Storm dragons only lay an egg every thousand years.
She was also the first to lay an egg.
Turkeys lay an egg every so often when they are in the mood.
My duck can lay an egg.
Lay an egg with me.
Nothing else in these waterscan lay an egg like this.
Then they lay an egg into the abdomen of their prey.
You might lay an egg.
It was just like the principal of feeding a chicken to lay an egg.
Have them lay an egg.
Lay an egg.
I am going to lay an egg soon.
They lay an egg here and there in the nests of other birds.
Nothing else in these waters can lay an egg like this.
Females will lay an egg a day if kept on the proper diet.
He thinks i am going to lay an egg.
A female will lay an egg a day if kept on the proper diet.
First they want to trap us and then they want to lay an egg.
You can not lay an egg but you must be cackling over it.
She got her tail caught and could not lay an egg for a week.
Lay an egg on it.
The fertilized females of these wasps lay an egg in the pupae of those lepidopterans.
Many will lay an egg every other day until they have all been laid.
What if she were to lay an egg for Fugga.
There was so much laughter I thought someone was going to lay an egg.
The female will lay an egg a day until there are two to six eggs.
I am sure they would want to lay an egg!

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