Meaning of embarrassment of riches | Babel Free

Definitions

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

idiomatic

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Examples

“Roger was in the library, trying to choose, from an embarrassment of riches, the ten of his father's books which he was to be permitted to take to the city.”

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

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