As full as an egg

Posted by Parthian on September 17, 2008 at 09:22

In Reply to: As full as an egg posted by Victoria S Dennis on September 14, 2008 at 15:27:

: : "As full as an egg" has been queried on this site. I've heard it once from Julian Clary (comic) and maybe it's not established.

: Given how well-read Julian Clary is, I wouldn't be surprised if he was quoting Shakespeare. (VSD)

:OED has it in use from 1930[U.S]and in Australia I have commonly heard as "full as a goog[sl.= egg]".I think it may safely be said that an egg is very full and the drunk idea may relate to how sensative an egg is to spewing out its contents,in the human analogy either literally or figuratively.Only a guess.

• As full as an egg Bob 21/September/08
  • As full as an egg Parthian 24/September/08