curate's egg
curate's egg
nounDefinition of CURATE'S EGG
chiefly British
: something with both good and bad parts or qualities
Origin of CURATE'S EGG
from the story of a curate who was given a stale egg by his bishop and declared that parts of it were excellent
First Known Use: 1905
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