rotten egg

1. (childish, humorous, idiomatic, slang)A person who is the latest, the last, or the slowest in a group to arrive somewhere or to perform a certain task.

   Last one there is a rotten egg!

2. An egg (“closeted transgender person”) who overcompensates by being actively transphobic.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rotten, egg.

1. Did you know rotten eggs float?

   ruТы знал, что тухлые яйца не тонут?

   deWusstest du, dass faule Eier schwimmen?

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2. Tom threw a rotten egg at Mary.

   ruТом бросил в Мэри тухлым яйцом.

   deTom warf ein faules Ei nach Maria.

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3. It smells like rotten eggs in here.

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4. The protesters threw rotten eggs at the police.

   ruПротестующие забросали полицию тухлыми яйцами.

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5. Did you know that rotten eggs float?

   ruТы знал, что гнилые яйца плавают на воде?

   deWusstest du, dass faule Eier schwimmen?

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