You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
- You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Prov. In order to get something good or useful, you must give up something else. •
Jill: Why do they have to tear down that beautiful old building to build an office park? Jane: You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
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Alan: We may make more money by raising our prices, but we'll also upset a lot of customers. Fred: You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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