embarrassment of riches Idiom, Proverb
embarrassment of riches
embarrassment of riches An overabundance of something, too much of a good thing, as in
All four of them have their own cars but there's no room in the driveway—an embarrassment of riches. This term originated in 1738 as John Ozell's translation of a French play,
L'Embarras des richesses (1726).
an embarrassment of riches
Too abundant or added than abundant of a adapted or bare thing. There are so abounding arch applicants for the job that we can't accept amid them—it's absolutely an embarrassment of riches.Learn more: embarrassment, of, richesembarrassment of riches
An glut of something, too abundant of a acceptable thing, as in All four of them accept their own cars but there's no allowance in the driveway-an embarrassment of abundance . This appellation originated in 1738 as John Ozell's adaptation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726). Learn more: embarrassment, of, richesembarrassment of riches, an
Too abundant of a acceptable thing, an overabundance. The appellation is a absolute adaptation from the French, area it aboriginal appeared as the appellation of a ball by the Abbé Léonor d’Allainval, L’embarras des richesses (1726), translated into English by John Ozell and aperture in London in 1738.Learn more: embarrassment, of