curate's egg

noun

/ˌkjʊərəts ˈeɡ/

/ˌkjʊrəts ˈeɡ/

[singular]

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a thing that is partly good and partly bad. The phrase comes from a cartoon in the British magazine Punch in 1895, in which a nervous young curate (= priest) is having breakfast with a bishop. The bishop says 'I'm afraid you've got a bad egg there' and the curate, not wanting to upset the bishop, replies, 'Oh no, my Lord! … Parts of it are excellent!’
- Their investment plan shows the familiar curate's egg pattern of some bits doing well and others doing badly.

单词	curate's egg
释义	curate's egg noun /ˌkjʊərəts ˈeɡ/ /ˌkjʊrəts ˈeɡ/ [singular] jump to other results a thing that is partly good and partly bad. The phrase comes from a cartoon in the British magazine Punch in 1895, in which a nervous young curate (= priest) is having breakfast with a bishop. The bishop says 'I'm afraid you've got a bad egg there' and the curate, not wanting to upset the bishop, replies, 'Oh no, my Lord! … Parts of it are excellent!’ Their investment plan shows the familiar curate's egg pattern of some bits doing well and others doing badly.
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