If I were a Black student, I might think twice about applying, and if I were a white student or employee, I would not want to be in an atmosphere where I’m “walking on eggs” for fear of being targeted as racist.

“I am walking on eggs,” he bemoaned.

But Swiss newspaper headlines like "Switzerland walking on eggs", and "Switzerland continues to walk a diplomatic tightrope" indicate not everyone in the country shares the government's optimism.

While the model wouldn’t be useful for determining how much snowfall the dome could support before cracking—a distributed load, akin to walking on eggs—it could determine whether or not that structure could support a helicopter landing on the pole—a specific point where the load is focused, akin to cracking an eggshell.

Several yanks were required to hoist the horse into a position appropriate to locomotion, and when action was achieved the animal started as if walking on eggs.