embarrassment of riches

Idioms  

1. An overabundance of something, too much of a good thing, as in All four of them have their own cars but there's no room in the driveway—an embarrassment of riches. This term originated in 1738 as John Ozell's translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726).

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Example Sentences

From Gianluigi Buffon and Cannavaro at the back to Alessandro del Piero and Francesco Totti in attack, manager Marcello Lippi had an embarrassment of riches at his disposal.

From BBC

Tuchel has an embarrassment of riches battling for the number 10 position behind Kane, the hub of England's World Cup operation.

From BBC

And because he was a hoarder who drew incessantly, the exhibition had an embarrassment of riches—some 20,000 drawings—to choose from.

From The Wall Street Journal

Though moviegoing audiences were spoiled with this embarrassment of riches, it’s Fanning’s work that stood out among the pair.

From Salon

And because this year there was an embarrassment of riches as far as Latino films goes, here are some honorable mentions we just had to include:

From Los Angeles Times

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