one/you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs
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At dinner that night we were discussing the whole affair and I said:" Oh well, you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs," which led to the classic retort from Ed Prior, my engineer:" Yes, but you didn't have to break the whisk!" BNC
But before you can make an omelette you gotta break a few eggs, ain't that so? BNC
I think the old point is anyway you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. BNC