lay an egg AmE

Most birds take about 20 minutes to lay an egg.

Well, it lays an egg every day of the week.

"Are we going to go to Chicago and lay an egg?"

"But if we go out and lay an egg next week it's all for nothing."

I nearly laid an egg in my pants just looking.

One female in the group laid an egg but the others soon broke it.

"Do you think a court order will make a hen lay an egg?"

Still, it takes a human - or a chicken - to really lay an egg.

The Nets then proceeded to lay an egg of their own.

The Flyers front office may have really laid an egg on this one.

Somewhere a chicken had laid an egg and was telling the town about it.

If the first attempt fails, her time to lay an egg is reduced.

And her own plan for economic recovery, a 30 percent cut in state income taxes over three years, laid an egg.

"We came into the game as the hot team in the league and laid an egg tonight.

One of the other women puffed herself up like a chicken ready to lay an egg.

"I'm glad that in the end we were able to make it work and not lay an egg.

You don't have to lay an egg to know if it tastes good.

"A patient from the country gave me a chicken that laid an egg every day," she recalled.

"How would you like to go lay an egg?"

"Crusher looked like he was about to lay an egg.

The queen lays an egg in each cell of the nests.

The female finds a host and lays an egg on, near, or inside the host's body.

Once the nest is dug, the female begins to lay an egg every three minutes.

The authors of this report have laid an egg and I suggest they scramble it.