Comments on: Egg on the Face: Egg on your face Origin http://www.saywhydoi.com/egg-on-the-face-egg-on-your-face-origin/ where the curious come to play! Wed, 20 Apr 2022 23:54:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Colin Hill http://www.saywhydoi.com/egg-on-the-face-egg-on-your-face-origin/#comment-82682 Colin Hill Sat, 11 Jul 2015 18:38:45 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=1542#comment-82682 Egg on one's face probably came from the inventor of the microwave oven Percy Spencer who had disbelieving colleagues watching an attempt to boil an egg using microwave power. They were vocal in their disbelief and one peered over the safety screen as he didn't believe anything was happening. The egg exploded, covering his face with egg. This is according to Percy Spencer's son. The date is in the 40s which is the time it started to appear in the language. Egg on one’s face probably came from the inventor of the microwave oven Percy Spencer who had disbelieving colleagues watching an attempt to boil an egg using microwave power. They were vocal in their disbelief and one peered over the safety screen as he didn’t believe anything was happening. The egg exploded, covering his face with egg. This is according to Percy Spencer’s son. The date is in the 40s which is the time it started to appear in the language.

]]> By: livy http://www.saywhydoi.com/egg-on-the-face-egg-on-your-face-origin/#comment-23995 livy Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:11:15 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=1542#comment-23995 The idiom For egg on yopur face comes from the early years. When children egg houses or happen to be fighting with eggs theyd say "hey, You got an egg on your face". But thats just literaly. In figurative meaning it just means that you took a hard turn or are going through a rough time. ~Livy 101~ The idiom For egg on yopur face comes from the early years. When children egg houses or happen to be fighting with eggs theyd say “hey, You got an egg on your face”. But thats just literaly. In figurative meaning it just means that you took a hard turn or are going through a rough time.
~Livy 101~

]]> By: Lior http://www.saywhydoi.com/egg-on-the-face-egg-on-your-face-origin/#comment-2999 Lior Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:01:31 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=1542#comment-2999 Hi James! Thanks for you comment : ) haha yeah, the world has thankfully become slightly more civilized in the fruit-throwing department at least! Good question about the grandmother sucking eggs expression. It seems that the egg-sucking in the grandmother expression is more to do with egg-sucking being a useless activity that needs no teaching rather than one that gets egg on your face (so the origin is probably different). Apparently other versions of your expression have included teaching grandmothers other useless activities like to milk ducks and steal sheep. :D Hi James! Thanks for you comment : )

haha yeah, the world has thankfully become slightly more civilized in the fruit-throwing department at least!

Good question about the grandmother sucking eggs expression. It seems that the egg-sucking in the grandmother expression is more to do with egg-sucking being a useless activity that needs no teaching rather than one that gets egg on your face (so the origin is probably different). Apparently other versions of your expression have included teaching grandmothers other useless activities like to milk ducks and steal sheep. :D

]]> By: James http://www.saywhydoi.com/egg-on-the-face-egg-on-your-face-origin/#comment-2992 James Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:18:39 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=1542#comment-2992 Interesting stuff! Imagine bringing a bowl of fruit into a theatre to chuck at the performer now, people would think you're a nutter! I especially like your polite description of bearded men "...having a decoration of egg embellishing their face..." Also that thing about the dogs, that's got nothing to do with the saying "I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs" does it? Apologies if that's already been explained elsewhere! Interesting stuff!

Imagine bringing a bowl of fruit into a theatre to chuck at the performer now, people would think you’re a nutter!

I especially like your polite description of bearded men “…having a decoration of egg embellishing their face…”

Also that thing about the dogs, that’s got nothing to do with the saying “I’ll teach your grandmother to suck eggs” does it? Apologies if that’s already been explained elsewhere!

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