egg in one's beer

noun

A bonus.

“What do you want? An egg in your beer?”

First used a 1944

Meanings

nounegg in one's beer (countable and uncountable, plural eggs in one's beer)

plural eggs in one's beer

  1. UScountableuncountableA bonus.First known use a 1944

    What do you want? An egg in your beer?

    4 more examples

    Those who expected everyone to have an egg in his beer right after inauguration day are visibly disappointed.

    1953 February 26, “Eisenhower's First 35 Days”, in Los Angeles Times

    Now, while you are here, let us see if we can even put some egg in the beer, and get a little more enlightenment from you.

    1979, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources, “Equal Employment Opportunity for the Handicapped Act of 1979”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

    Referring to people who are always griping about war-time conditions the bartender mentions the expression “the grass is always greener,” and I refer to Americans who always want “egg in their beer."

    2002, William True, Deryck Tufts True, The Cow Spoke French: The Story of Sgt. William True, American Paratrooper in World War II

    Whaddy want, egg in your beer?

    2014, James R Benn, Souvenir
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