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Meaning of lay eggs | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To produce a string of failures or flops.

idiomatic

Examples

“Despite his dictum that “when you get a sex story in biblical garb, you can open your own mint,” this particular turkey was laying eggs all over America.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

lay eyes on lay for lay hands on lay hold of lay ill in one's mouth lay in