You can't make an omelette without breaking eg

You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

something that you say which means it is difficult to achieve something important without causing any unpleasant effects Twenty jobs will have to be cut if the company's going to be made more efficient. But you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

See also: breaking, egg, make, omelette, without

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Karima	-	Arabic
Sauda	-	Eastern African, Swahili
LukÁCs	LOO-kawch	Hungarian
Gayatri	-	Hinduism, Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Donna	DAHN-ə	English
Foley	['fəuli]