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walk/be on eggshells
idiom
(UK alsotread on eggshells)
to be very careful not to offend or upset someone:
If you're sick you don't want people treating you differently, and you really don't want people walking on eggshells around you.
When he's tired we spend the day treading on eggshells as he becomes stubborn and grumpy.
I was always on eggshells when my family came to stay.
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