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juggle eggs verb. Performing a complex or difficult mental task which can't be interrupted for fear of losing the train of thought.

Example Citation:
"When he furrows his brow and places his arm straight with the palm facing forward out as though to ward off any interruption, I know he's busy juggling eggs."

Notes:
The description of a complex task as seen in the SF book "The Mote In God's Eye":

"We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity."

Related Words:
ham-and-egging
Mongolian hordes technique
science project

Subject Category:
Language - Idioms

Posted on May 15, 1997 at 11:03 PM


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