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

Is not the dyer bewildered with an embarras de richesses, so that he knows not where to choose?

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various

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

The only difficulty in such embarras de richesses of subject and such scantiness of time, is to decide what not to do.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.

If the field of literature connected with Corsica was found barren when examined in prospect of this expedition, that of Sardinia presented an embarras de richesses.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas

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