embarras de richesses
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of embarras de richesses
C18: literally: embarrassment of riches
Example Sentences
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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
As I say, the train was, by the time we reached Wynberg, simply choked with luxuries—some of them quite unsuitable for wounded men—a veritable embarras de richesses.
From With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train by Bennett, Ernest N.
Far from a poverty of materials, therefore, the historian has much more reason to complain of an embarras de richesses.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
If good looks were a qualification for such employment, that civilian must have been troubled with an embarras de richesses.
From Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Callwell, C. E. (Charles Edward), Sir
In this direction there was in 1836, a very embarras de richesses, for, if comic artists were few, there was on the other hand no lack of humourists of the highest order of merit.
From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. by Everitt, Graham
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