egg in one's beer

egg in one's beer (countable and uncountable, plural eggs in one's beer)

1. (US) A bonus. [a 1944]

   What do you want? An egg in your beer?

   • 1953 February 26, “Eisenhower's First 35 Days”, in Los Angeles Times:

     Those who expected everyone to have an egg in his beer right after inauguration day are visibly disappointed.

   • 1979, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources, “Equal Employment Opportunity for the Handicapped Act of 1979”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Now, while you are here, let us see if we can even put some egg in the beer, and get a little more enlightenment from you.

   • 2002, William True, ‎Deryck Tufts True, The Cow Spoke French: The Story of Sgt. William True, American Paratrooper in World War II:

     Referring to people who are always griping about war-time conditions the bartender mentions the expression “the grass is always greener,” and I refer to Americans who always want “egg in their beer."

   • 2014, James R Benn, Souvenir:

     Whaddy want, egg in your beer?