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Tommy Tran
2021-02-04 10:02
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs proverb
In order to get a good result from something, you must do some bad or unpleasant things.
My startup could fail and I might lose all my money. But you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
A: "I don't know, Alan! If I fail I will become a joke." B: "Come on! You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs."
I know you love your kid but you have to punish him whenever he does something wrong. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
Because of something that you are willing to suffer for or sacrifce
The phrase originated from the 1700s in the French language by François de Charette, which was “ne saurait faire d’omelette sans casser des œufs”. It was soon adopted into English and has been translated in 1796.
Do you see anything wrong?
Men are normally responsible for building the house, while women decorate that house to make it become a home.
A: I built this house; meanwhile, my wife was in charge of designing its interior and exterior.
B: It is true that men make houses, women make homes.
