SURE AS EGGS IS EGGS, phr. (popular).—Of a certainty; without doubt. [From the formula, ‘x is x.’]
TO TEACH ONE’S GRANDMOTHER TO ROAST or SUCK EGGS, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To lecture elders and superiors; Fr., les oisons veulent mener les oies paître = the goslings want to drive the geese to pasture.
