spread too thin

spread too thin
index overextend

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 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 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 — {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

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”