Belgium· medium· informal
avoir un œuf à peler avec quelqu’un
“to have an egg to peel with someone”
Meaning
to have a score to settle with someone
Explanation
It means there's unfinished business between two people, some dispute or grievance still waiting to be sorted out.
Example
Attends, toi et moi, on a un œuf à peler, ne crois pas que j'ai oublié.
Wait, you and I have a score to settle, don't think I've forgotten.
Origin
Origin uncertain.
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- noyer le poissonto deliberately make an issue unclear
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- battre le beurreto fumble around without making progress
- chou vert et vert choutwo things presented as different but actually the same
- ne pas avoir toutes ses frites dans le même sachetto not be quite right in the head