lay an egg
phrase
: to fail or blunder especially embarrassingly
The professor tried to be funny, but he laid an egg.
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“Lay an egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lay%20an%20egg. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.
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