TOO MANY

Definition: TOO MANY

TOO MANY

1. Too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are too many for us. --L'Estrange. Syn: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various; divers; sundry.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rashness

Gaming, gambling; blind bargain, leap in the dark, leap of faith, fool's paradise; too many eggs in one basket.

Redundancy

Pleonasm; (diffuseness); too many irons in the fire; embarras de richesses.

Noun: redundancy, redundance; too much, too many; superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation; nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness; profusion; (plenty); repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share; more than enough; plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener; turgescence; (expansion); overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow; inundation; (water); avalanche.

Adjective: redundant; too much, too many; exuberant, inordinate, superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavish; prodigal; exorbitant; overweening; extravagant; overcharged; Verb: supersaturated, drenched, overflowing; running over, running to waste, running down.

Unskillfulness

Not know what one is about, not know one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered; stand in one's own light, quarrel with one's bread and butter, throw a stone in one's own garden, kill the goose which lays the golden eggs, pay dear for one's whistle, cut one's own throat, bum one's fingers; knock one's head against a stone wall, beat one's head against a stone wall; fall into a trap, catch a Tartar, bring the house about one's ears; have too many eggs in one basket (imprudent), have too many irons in the fire.

Absence of rule, rule of thumb; bungling; Verb: failure; screw loose: too many cooks.

Crosswords: TOO MANY

Some of them have seen too many winters. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I've known too many Spaniards. (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

Too many clowns. (Monk; writing credit: Andy Breckman; David Breckman)

Aw touché, Inspector, I think someone has been watching way too many Saturday morning cartoons. (Inspector Gadget; writing credit: Andy Heyward; Jean Chalopin)

There are too many states. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Ain't too many things these ol' boys can't do (A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K Verison); performing artist: Chad Brock)

Well I don't wanna live my life, too many sleepless nights (Walking Away; performing artist: Craig David)

'cos I've been thrilled to fantasy one too many times ((I Just) Died In Your Arms; performing artist: Cutting Crew)

And ain't too many hoes that can hang with me (Funkdafied; performing artist: Da Brat)

And now you step inside but you don't see too many faces (Sultans Of Swing; performing artist: Dire Straits)

I don't approve of political jokes� I've seen too many of them get elected. (references; author: unknown)

Too many Christians are no longer fishers of men but keepers of the aquarium. (references; author: unknown)

There are too many mediocre things to deal with. Love shouldn't be one of them. (references; author: unknown)

Far too many people spend their lives reading the menu instead of enjoying the banquet. (references; author: unknown)

One Spy Too Many (1966)

Too Many Cooks (1966)

One Wish Too Many (1956)

Too Many Wives (1951)

One Too Many (1950)

TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA (performing artist: Marvelettes )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• One Ride Too Many and Twelve Other Action-Packed Stories of the Wild West: And Twelve Other Action-Packed Stories of the Wild West (The Barricade cla (reference)

• Mollie Katzen's Vegetable Heaven: Over 200 Recipes for Uncommon Soups, Tasty Bites, Side-By-Side Dishes, and Too Many Desserts (reference)

• Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth: A Pennsylvania-Dutch Mystery With Recipes (reference)

• Too Many Pumpkins (reference)

• The Crowding Syndrome: Learning to Live With Too Much and Too Many. (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Brother Cadfael Series 1 Box Set: The Sanctuary Sparrow, One Corpse Too Many, Monk's Hood and The Leper of St. Giles (reference)

• The Monkees, Vol. 03 - Too Many Girls / Everywhere a Shiek, Shiek (reference)

• Penthouse: Variations - Too Many Women For a Man (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Too Many Cooks (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Giving Up the Ghost or One Too Many. / Rowlandson scul. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Too many umpires. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wonder if they've ever heard that line about too many cooks?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Maybe it's a case of too many cooks. Credit: Library of Congress.

Puck's advice gratis to some editorial shriekers for Grant Don't forget your "Man on Horseback" - but your man on foot has too many curs at his heels / / J. Keppler. Credit: Library of Congress.

Child of agricultural day laborer living near Tullahassee, Oklahoma. Notice the distended stomach, which is indicative of malnutrution and unbalanced diet with too many starchy foods. This condition is prevalent throughout the tenant farmer and day labori. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farm owner near Memphis, Texas. He says, "I'd rather have renters than tractors on my place. I oppose the tractors. It puts too many off the land. I went to my limit, more than most, and kept my renters until this year. But I got seven hundred behind on m. Credit: Library of Congress.

Seventy-one years, or, My life with photography. Too many cooks do not spoil the broth, Rainbow Room kitchen, Sept. 24, 1934. Credit: Library of Congress.

Unfortunately, this is the only deadline we have in Vietnam. One more death is one too many. Write your congressman. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I seen too many fellas like you.

The ceremonies at my departure were too many to trouble the reader with at this time.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

However, free radicals are highly reactive, and the production of too many is called oxidative stress. (references)

Both children and adults eat too many refined and processed foods in which the natural fiber is removed. (references)

Far too many studies used weak research designs or were small or poorly described, and consequently had questionable validity. (references)

Business

Some publishers complain that this is too many for such a small market. (references)

There are 45,000 repair outlets in Italy, far too many for its car fleet. (references)

Second-hand cars and trucks are not too many in the overall market supplied by brand new car dealers. (references)

Children

Bulgaria

Some Bulgarian parents are reluctant to have too many Romani children enrolled in school because they fear it will lower the school's academic standards. (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

The church's pastor reports that he was told by the regional governor that the country already had too many churches. (references)

Yemen

Critics claim that the syndicate is ineffective because it has too many nonjournalist members who support government policy. (references)

Economic History

Chad

Some clauses of Chad's investment code were suspended under Chad's previous Structural Adjustment Program (1995-1999) because they conflicted with fiscal management objectives (by allowing too many tax exemptions). (references)

Djibouti

They are the Rassemblement Populaire Pour le Progres (People's Rally for Progress) (RPP) which was the only legal party from 1981 until 1992, the Parti du Renouveau Democratique (The Party for Democratic Renewal) (PRD), and the Parti National Democratique (National Democratic Party) (PND). Only the RPP and the PRD contested the national assembly elections, and the PND withdrew, claiming that there were too many unanswered questions on the conduct of the elections and too many opportunities for government fraud. (references)

China

Stringent monetary policies actually caused consumer price levels to decline in 1998 and 1999, and prices for many commodities - notably agricultural products and some consumer durables - continued to fall in 2000. But some economists worry that China may not be able to create the high levels of investment and profitability needed to resolve the structural problems that beset the nation's state-owned sector, which has far too many workers and which includes huge state-owned banks that amassed a mountain of bad debt. (references)

Human Rights

Malaysia

The president of the Bar Association stated that the amendments imposed too many restrictions on appeals. (references)

Women

Guinea

For example, in February 2000, President Conte remarked in a speech that there were too many women in the customs service, and then he gave instructions to recruit only men for the customs service. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

Employers claim that this provision encourages the creation of too many unions, which they say complicates collective bargaining and increases the possibility of strikes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "TOO MANY": carry too many guns for one ♦ feel one too many ♦ have too many eggs in one basket imprudent ♦ have too many irons in the fire ♦ screw loose: too many cooks ♦ too many eggs in one basket ♦ Too many irons in the fire. Additional references.

Finnish

minä olen täällä liikaa (I am one too many here), homma (bustle, care, duty, he has too many things on his hands, he is too busy, undertaking), hänellä on liian paljon puuhaa (he has too many things on his hands, he is too busy), aivan liian paljon (far too much, too many by far). (various references)

German

zuviel (overdose, too much), zu viele. (various references)

Greek 

όπου λαλούν πολλοί κόκοροι αργεί να ξημερώσει (too many cooks spoil the broth). (various references)

Hebrew 

יותר מ�"י (more than necessary, overmuch, too, too much). (various references)

Hungarian

túljárt az eszemen (he was one too many for me), túl sokan (far too many), többet ivott a kelleténél (have had a glass too many, have had a glass too much, he has had a drop too much), több a kelleténél (far too many, more than necessary), sok szakács elsózza a levest (too many cooks spoil the broth), nem bírtam vele (he was one too many for me), nagyon is sokan (far too many), jóval több a szükségesnél (too many by half), jóval több a kelleténél (much too much, too many by half), felöntött a garatra (have had a glass too many, have had a glass too much), egy pohárral többet ivott a kelleténél (have had a glass too many), eggyel több kártyája van (have a card too many), eggyel több a kelleténél (one too many), becsípett (beery, bibulous, groggy, half-seas over, have had a glass too many, have had a glass too much, pixilated, plastered, spiffed, tiddley, tiddly, tipsy). (various references)

Indonesian

terlalu banyak (beyond number, one too many). (various references)

Italian

troppo (over, overly, overmuch, so, too, too much), troppi, troppe. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

余る (to be in excess, to be left over, to be too many, to remain). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あまる (to be in excess, to be left over, to be too many, to remain). (various references)

Manx

rour (overdo, overdone, too much, undue, undue as optimism). (various references)

Pig Latin

ootay anymay

Romanian

prea mulţi. (various references)

Russian 

слишком много (one too many, to excess, too much). (various references)

Spanish

demasiado (a bit much, over-, overly, overmuch, overnight, too, too much). (various references)

Turkish

çok fazla (damn, devilish, excessively, exorbitant, far too much, immoderate, like blazes, mightily, oodles of, over, overmuch, plethoric, superabundant, too much). (various references)

Ukrainian

надто багато (too much). (various references)

Welsh

gormod (excess, too much). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: anomy, atomy, atony, moony, toman, toyon.

-3 letters: atom, mano, many, mayo, moan, moat, mono, mony, moon, moot, myna, noma, nota, onto, tony, toom, toon, toyo.

-4 letters: ant, any, man, mat, may, moa, mon, moo, mot, nam, nay, nom, noo, not, oat, oot, tam, tan, tao, tom, ton, too, toy, yam, yom, yon.

-5 letters: am.

+1 letter: autonomy, myotonia, taxonomy.

+2 letters: amyotonia, astronomy, dynamotor, myotonias, taphonomy.

+3 letters: actomyosin, admonitory, amyotonias, antonymous, commonalty, craniotomy, dynamotors, gastronomy, mycetozoan, nematology.

+4 letters: actomyosins, combinatory, comminatory, commonality, condylomata, emotionally, gonadectomy, informatory, monocrystal, mycetozoans, nonmonetary, onomatology, synaptosome, toponymical, trypanosome.

+5 letters: actinomorphy, admonitorily, antimonopoly, autonomously, commendatory, compensatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, consummatory, contemporary, countrywoman, cytotaxonomy, emotionality, lognormality, microanatomy, microtonally, monocrystals, monosynaptic, neuroanatomy, nonmigratory, photodynamic, pneumatology, stonemasonry, synaptosomal, synaptosomes, trypanosomes.