Re: OT: auxlangers vs. artlangers (was OT: lingua fracas)

On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 04:21:32PM +0200, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
> The vast majority of those subscribing to the
> general idea of an artificial IAL probably feel that one of the proposals
> (and for the largest fraction, this proposal is Esperanto)
> is good enough to fulfil its purpose even if it isn't perfect, and have no
> eggs to fry in the pan of those who battle each other on their proposals.
I agree with the above statement, but I mostly wanted to reply to the
"no eggs to fry in the pan of".  What a lovely idiom!  Where does it
come from?

-Mark