I had to beg and borrow to pay my rent this month.
borrow and beg
idiom Slang
Cockney rhyming slang · East London
egg
Origin
A term that enjoyed a fresh lease of life during the second world war and the food-rationing period.
To finish the project on time, the team had to beg and borrow resources from every other department.
The struggling artist had to beg and borrow from friends and family just to keep his small studio open for another year.
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a wild goose never laid a tame egg
Most things are inherited and predetermined.
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bad egg
Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.
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curate's egg
A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoiled by the bad.
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egg on
To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
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good egg
A good person, someone to be trusted; a friend.
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lay an egg
To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.
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rotten egg
A person who is the latest, the last, or the slowest in a group to arrive somewhere or to perform a certain task.