you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette

English

Proverb

you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette

1. Alternative form of you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
   • 1999, Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls, Fight Club:

     Narrator: Bob is dead, they shot him in the head!
     Tyler Durden: You wanna make an omelet, you gotta break some eggs.

Translations

you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs — see you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs