In Life (as in an Omelet) You Need to 'Break Some Eggs'

Okay, that last one didn't really work. So, let's talk about cooking with eggs. And it's true. We use eggs in so many different dishes. And they are one of the most common breakfast foods in the United States. We eat them sunny side up, scrambled or poached, fried on a sandwich or cooked with vegetables or cheese in an omelet. And that brings us to this cooking-related idiom: “You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.” We often say this as an answer to several different situations. Let's say you have an important goal or task. Well, sometimes you must do unpleasant things in order to complete that task or meet that goal. You can say you had to break a few eggs (those are the unpleasant things) to make the omelet (that is the task or goal). However, we usually use this idiom in the negative form. So, the result may be good for you, but not for everyone. Let's hear it used this way in a dialogue.