embarrassment of riches

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An abundance or overabundance of something; too much of a good thing

What might be an embarrassment of riches—a city with three independent and artistically distinct opera companies—may become a lose-lose-lose situation.

An embarrassment of riches is an idiom that means an overabundance of something, or too much of a good thing, that originated in 1738 as John Ozell's translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726). Example: "All four of them have their own cars but there's no room in the driveway--an embarrassment of riches"
embarrassment of riches

    Heceleme

    em·bar·rass·ment of rich·es

    Türkçe nasıl söylenir

    îmberısmınt ıv rîçız

    Telaffuz

    /əmˈberəsmənt əv ˈrəʧəz/ /ɪmˈbɛrəsmənt əv ˈrɪʧəz/

    Etimoloji

    () From John Ozell's 1738 translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726) by Léonor Jean Christine Soulas d'Allainval.

    Videolar

    ... there's an embarrassment of riches out there. ...