embarrassment of riches 的定义
- 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.
embarrassment of riches 近义词
等同于 overabundance
embarrassment of riches 的近义词 14 个
- plethora
- glut
- nimiety
- overflow
- overkill
- overmuch
- oversupply
- profusion
- superabundance
- superfluity
- surfeit
- surplus
- surplusage
- too much
embarrassment of riches 的反义词 5 个
等同于 deep pockets
embarrassment of riches 的近义词 8 个
更多embarrassment of riches例句
- The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
- And that realization comes at the cost of severe, public embarrassment for many, including the victim/proposed.
- We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
- DISH delivers a one-of-a-kind entertainment experience to every room of your home, wirelessly.
- Beyond the embarrassment, missing bowl games carries a real economic cost.
- The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.
- Thus all about us is the moving and shifting spectacle of riches and poverty, side by side, inextricable.
- You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
- Hereupon he was caused much embarrassment and discomfiture, for of the three girls, he knew not which one was Irene.
- But Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.