embarras de richesses
embarrassment of riches; confusing overabundance.
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How to use embarras de richesses in a sentence
I remarked coolly that I could not make up my mind what to do, as I had an embarras de richesses.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands | George Francis TrainM. Petrovitch must have experienced what the French call embarras de richesses.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians | Woislav M. PetrovitchThe subject of Devonshire rivers is a matter of embarras de richesses indeed.
The Rivers and Streams of England | A.G. BradleyIf good looks were a qualification for such employment, that civilian must have been troubled with an embarras de richesses.
Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 | Sir Stanley MaudeI really am afraid to enter more at large upon this theme, from a literal embarras de richesses.
Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) | Frances Milton Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for embarras de richesses
/ French (ɑ̃bara də riʃɛs) /
Also: embarras de choix (də ʃwa) a superfluous abundance of options, from which one finds it difficult to select
Origin of embarras de richesses
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