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
Vilhelmo	veel-HEL-mo	Esperanto
Amice	-	Medieval English
Miran	-	Slovene
Angelien	ahn-zhə-LEEN	Dutch
Aristarchos	-	Ancient Greek
Matti	MAHT-tee	Finnish