spread oneself too thin

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spread oneself too thin 的定义

  1. To engage in so many activities that one can't perform any of them well: “Last semester, Pamela tried to play basketball, serve on the student council, and work at her father's store. She quickly discovered that she was spreading herself too thin.”

spread oneself too thin 近义词

spread oneself too thin

等同于 burn the candle at both ends

更多spread oneself too thin例句

  1. Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.
  2. But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
  3. I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  4. The speaker conjures up centuries of collective sagacity, aligning oneself with an eternal, inarguable good.
  5. Also, she was tall and thin, too, further adding to the ways she met the physical beauty conventions.
  6. This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.
  7. But hitherto, before these new ideas began to spread in our community, the mass of men and women definitely settled down.
  8. The rapid spread of the revolt was not a whit less marvelous than its lack of method or cohesion.
  9. The rebellion spread to their district, and many of the natives on and about the estate were eager to join in the movement.
  10. The spread of the holy gospel and uninterrupted preaching went on until the return of the ambassador.