This jumping to our children's defense is part of what fuels the "walking on eggshells" feeling that surrounds our dealings with other people's children.

这种跳出来为孩子辩护的行为，是我们与他人的孩子打交道时会产生“如履薄冰”感受的部分原因。

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I walk on eggshells around you.

我面对你都如履薄冰的。

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Ask yourself: “Are you often walking on eggshells?”

扪心自问一下：“你是否经常如履薄冰般地小心做事？”

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For example, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation lists some dos and don'ts of composting on its Web site: Do add lime, small amounts of wood ashes or crushed eggshells to the compost pile.

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The fact that Leno is involved at all is great news for NBC, which has been walking on eggshells for weeks.

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It was the ice-breaker everybody needed, especially for the man in question, who said that the worst thing about his disability is when people walk around him on eggshells.

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Suddenly, having been walking on a firm path, we had stepped on to eggshells.

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