Embarrassment-of-riches Definition

noun

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

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Singular:
embarrassment-of-riches
Plural:
embarrassments-of-riches

Origin of Embarrassment-of-riches

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

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