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Definition of walking on eggshells

walk on eggshells

verb

  • to act very careful around someone.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

    Citation from "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Mar 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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