en you can't make omelette without breaking eggs

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: German Wiktionary and English Wiktionary
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Related terms

  • cs když se kácí les létají třísky ➜
  • da hvor der handles der spildes ➜
  • en necessary evil (n) ➜
  • en no pain no gain ➜
  • en achieve ➜
  • en cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet ➜
  • en inevitable ➜
  • en necessary ➜
  • en you don't get something for nothing ➜
  • en you don't get something for nothing ➜
  • es quien quiera peces que moje el culo ➜

Synonyms

  • de wo gehobelt wird fallen späne ➜
  • en cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet ➜

Derived from

  • en omelette (n) ➜

Etymologically related

  • fr on ne saurait faire d omelette sans casser des œufs ➜

Links to other resources

  • en.wiktionary.org you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
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