pisar em ovos

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Literally, “to step on eggs”. === Verb === pisar em ovos (first-person singular present piso em ovos, first-person singular preterite pisei em ovos, past participle pisado em ovos) (Brazil, idiomatic) to walk on eggshells (to handle sensitive matters delicately) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pisar,‎ em,‎ ovos. ==== Related terms ==== pisar ovos === Further reading === “pisar em ovos”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026