TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE

Definition: TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE

TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE

1. Too many objects requiring the attention at once.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Redundancy

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

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.

Expression using "TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE": have too many irons in the fire. Additional references.

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