embarras de richesses

American  

[ahn-ba-rahd^uhree-shes] / ɑ̃ ba rɑdəriˈʃɛs /

noun

French.

1. embarrassment of riches; confusing overabundance.

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embarras de richesses British  

/ ɑ̃bara də riʃɛs /

noun

1. Also: embarras de choix.  a superfluous abundance of options, from which one finds it difficult to select

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Etymology

Origin of embarras de richesses

C18: literally: embarrassment of riches

Example Sentences

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embarras de richesses

I remarked coolly that I could not make up my mind what to do, as I had an embarras de richesses.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis

It seems to be an embarras de richesses," said Meredith laughing, "and I do not wonder.

From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan

Truly it may be said he has an embarras de richesses!

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace

So great, however, is the number of similar, but apparently independent, structures, that we suffer from a perfect embarras de richesses.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

I really am afraid to enter more at large upon this theme, from a literal embarras de richesses.

From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton