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curate's egg
curate's egg
Something that is partly good and partly bad. Taken from a British cartoon about a curate, or priest, who was given a bad egg but focused on the egg's good characteristics as he did not want to offend the person who gave it to him. Primarily heard in UK. Our vacation was a bit of a curate's egg; the first few days were sunny, but the rest of the week was ruined by the heavy rain and flooding.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Thamarai | | - | Tamil |
Kuzma | | kooz-MAH | Russian |
Aristotle | | AR-ə-stah-təl (English), ER-ə-stah-təl (English) | Ancient Greek (Anglicized) |
AndrÉIa | | - | Portuguese (Brazilian) |
Zisel | | - | Yiddish |
TomÁS | | to-MAHS (Spanish), too-MASH (Portuguese) | Spanish, Portuguese, Irish |