hatch an animal out
hatch an animal out
to aid in releasing an animal from an egg. They hatched lots of ducks out at the hatchery. The farmer hatched out hundreds of chicks each month.
See also: animal, hatch, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- hatch out
- count your chickens
- cackleberry
- twack
- small fry
- lay an egg
- lay an egg, to
- egg on one's face, to have/wipe off the
- break (one's) egg
- can't boil an egg