omelette

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

Sometimes, you have to do unpleasant things in order to complete a task or meet a goal. Your students clearly don't respect you. I know you don't want to yell at them, but you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette. If I don't cut people's salaries, the company is going to go bankrupt. It's unfortunate, but you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette.

See also: crack, egg, few, make, omelette

You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

something that you say which means it is difficult to achieve something important without causing any unpleasant effects Twenty jobs will have to be cut if the company's going to be made more efficient. But you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

See also: breaking, egg, make, omelette, without

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Frederick	FRED-ə-rik, FRED-rik	English
Sung-Min	sung-meen	Korean
Brittany	BRIT-nee, BRIT-ə-nee	English
Winter	WIN-tər	English (Modern)
Vernon	['və:nən]
Kresimir	-	Medieval Slavic