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En anglais, nous avons l'expression « walk on eggshells », qui veut dire « être diplomatique, prudent, essayer de ne pas offenser quelqu'un ». Quelle en serait une bonne traduction ?

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En français, on emploie la même expression, à savoir « marcher sur des œufs », qui a exactement le même sens.

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    That's actually "walk on eggs", but thanks. :-)
    – Jez
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 9:16
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    Well when we say walking on eggs we imply walking on their shells ;-)
    – Julien Ch.
    Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 9:43
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    By the way, it's much more hazardous to walk on actual eggs than on the shells, so it seems french people are more timorous on this one ;-)
    – Romain Valeri
    Commented Aug 13, 2012 at 9:12
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    I'm asking myself if marcher sur des oeufs means walk on plain eggs (much more solid than shells bits) while walking on eggs shells means walking on shells bits (already broke eggs)? In this sense, it's much more difficult to walk on eggshells than on plain eggs.
    – smonff
    Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 17:07
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    @Sebf: Try walking on plain eggs without breaking them, we'll see what easier
    – Eregrith
    Commented Oct 31, 2012 at 9:17

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