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俚语 break'em from sucking eggs
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break'em from sucking eggs

A peice of wood carefully carved to the size and shape of an average laying hen egg , then painted white. This fake
egg would be placed in with the other hens eggs in hope of any snake that comes to feed on eggs would by chance swallow this fake wooden egg. If the snake must swallow this fake egg, the snake will surely die.
Stopping a person from repeating an act that you do not approve of by causing this person misfortune upon the next attempt of this act .

"Some one is opening co-workers lunch boxes and stealing there lunch"

A few co-workers desided bring decoy lunch boxes to work. The food inside is lace with ex-lax. They may not no who it is stealing , but they will break'em from sucking eggs
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