twenty-minute egg

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古風 俗語

(dated, slang) A very hard-boiled person; one who is tough and unsentimental

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At the reunion he was teased as a twenty-minute egg for never showing emotion, but he took the joke in stride.

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意味（1）

(dated, slang) A very hard-boiled person; one who is tough and unsentimental

He was a twenty-minute egg, according to your grandfather, and such men are not soon forgotten.

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twenty-minute eggs （ plural ）