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| A rotten egg cannot be spoiled. | 1 |
| A white egg often comes from a black hen. German. | 2 |
| A wild goose never laid a tame egg. Irish. | 3 |
| All your eggs have two yolks apiece I warrant you. | 4 |
| “An egg’s an egg” said the boor, and took the goose egg. German, Dutch. | 5 |
| An egg is the only clean thing in a slovenly house-wife’s kitchen. | 6 |
| An unlaid egg is an uncertain thing. German. | 7 |
| Better a half an egg than an empty shell. | 8 |
| Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. | 9 |
| Eggs and oaths are easily broken. Danish. | 10 |
| Eggs are close things, but the chicks come out at last. Chinese. | 11 |
| Eggs are put to hatch on chance. French. | 12 |
| Eggs of an hour, fish of ten; bread of a day, wine of a year; a woman of fifteen and a man of thirty. | 13 |
| He has lost the nest egg. Dutch. | 14 |
| He lays his eggs beside his nest. Dutch. | 15 |
| He that will have eggs must have cackling. Dutch. | 16 |
| He who treads on eggs must tread lightly. German. | 17 |
| It is hard to shave an egg. | 18 |
| Neither good egg nor bird. | 19 |
| One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding. German. | 20 |
| One should not put too many eggs under one hen. German. | 21 |
| One should not sell the egg until it is laid. German. | 22 |
| Out of a white egg often comes a black chick. | 23 |
| Presented eggs are always fresh. German. | 24 |
| Send not for a hatchet with which to break open an egg. | 25 |
| Shave the egg and take its hair. Modern Greek. | 26 |
| Sometimes an egg is given for an ox. Italian. | 27 |
| The egg teaches the hen and the tile the potter. German. | 28 |
| The egg will be more knowing than the hen. German. | 29 |
| There goes reasoning to the roasting of eggs. | 30 |
| To cackle and lay no egg. Spanish, Portuguese. | 31 |
| Unlaid eggs are uncertain chickens. German. | 32 |
| Upon an egg the hen lays an egg. French. | 33 |
| You will find it out when you want to fry the eggs. Spanish. | 34 |
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