spread too thin

spread too thin
spread (yourself) too thin to try to do too many things at the same time, so that you cannot give enough time or attention to any of them.

I realised I'd been spreading myself too thin so I resigned as secretary of the golf club.


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  • spread too thin — index overextend Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • spread too thin — spread ((yourself/itself) too) thin 1. to try to do too many different things at the same time. Max has spread himself thin and needs to focus on just a couple of his best ideas. The company has expanded into many different areas and has probably …   New idioms dictionary

  • spread oneself too thin — {v. phr.} To try to do too many things at one time. * /As the owner, chef, waiter, and dishwasher of his restaurant, Pierre was spreading himself too thin./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • spread oneself too thin — {v. phr.} To try to do too many things at one time. * /As the owner, chef, waiter, and dishwasher of his restaurant, Pierre was spreading himself too thin./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • spread yourself too thin — spread ((yourself/itself) too) thin 1. to try to do too many different things at the same time. Max has spread himself thin and needs to focus on just a couple of his best ideas. The company has expanded into many different areas and has probably …   New idioms dictionary

  • spread itself too thin — spread ((yourself/itself) too) thin 1. to try to do too many different things at the same time. Max has spread himself thin and needs to focus on just a couple of his best ideas. The company has expanded into many different areas and has probably …   New idioms dictionary

  • spread yourself too thin — If you spread youself too thin, you overextend yourself and take on too many things to deal with them properly …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • spread yourself too thin — spread (yourself) too thin to try to do too many things at the same time, so that you cannot give enough time or attention to any of them. I realised I d been spreading myself too thin so I resigned as secretary of the golf club …   New idioms dictionary

  • spread oneself too thin — To attempt so many tasks at once that none is done satisfactorily • • • Main Entry: ↑spread * * * be involved in so many different activities or projects that one s time and energy are not used to good effect …   Useful english dictionary

  • spread yourself too thin — spread yourself too ˈthin idiom to try to do so many different things at the same time that you do not do any of them well Main entry: ↑spreadidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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