embarrassment of riches

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Anabundanceoroverabundanceof something;too much of a good thing.1908,Myrtle Reed, chapter 23, inFlower of the Dusk:Roger was in the library, trying to choose, from anembarrassment of riches, the ten of his father's books which he was to be permitted to take to the city.2006January 8, Daniel Ginsberg, “Opera in Berlin: A Staat of Flux”, inWashington Post, pageN06:What might be anembarrassment of riches—a city with three independent and artistically distinct opera companies—may become a lose-lose-lose situation.

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