Jody
what does "as full o’ pride as an egg’s full o’ meat"mean? “Tha’rt like th’ robin,” he said to her one morning when he lifted his head and saw her standing by him. “I never knows when I shall see thee or which side tha’ll come from.” “He’s friends with me now,” said Mary. “That’s like him,” snapped Ben Weatherstaff. “Makin’ up to th’ women folk just for vanity an’ flightiness. There’s nothin’ he wouldn’t do for th’ sake o’ showin’ off an’ flirtin’ his tail-feathers. He’s as full o’ pride as an egg’s full o’ meat.”
Jan 6, 2017 3:28 PM
Answers · 8
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It's fairly straightforward: an egg is completely full (full of yolk and white). The expression means he is completely proud.
January 8, 2017
meat in this context means yolk - it`s from Shakespeare, and is a very unusual usage.
January 6, 2017
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