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：2025/11/20
lay an egg
Verb
of a bird or other egg-creating animal
idiomatic
of a person
usually
Japanese Meaning
（鳥などの卵を産むこと）卵を産む、卵を生産する / （比喩的に）失敗をする、大失敗をする
（ present singular third-person ）
（ participle present ）
（ participle past ）
（ past ）
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(of a bird or other egg-creating animal) To produce an egg. / (idiomatic, of a person, organization, etc.) To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.
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Every spring, the sea turtles swim ashore to lay an egg in the warm sand.
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Every spring, the sea turtles swim ashore to lay an egg in the warm sand.
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