American Idioms and Expressions

You Cant Make An Omelette Without Breaking The Eggs Idiom

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you can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs
What does you can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs mean?		 you cannot do something without causing some problems or having some effects "You can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs and if you want to change the work schedules, then you are going to cause problems."


you can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs
What does you can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs mean?		 you cannot do something without causing some problems or having some effects "You can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs and if you want to change the work schedules, then you are going to cause problems."

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