too many irons in the fire

Cultural  

1. To have “too many irons in the fire” is to be engaged in too many activities: “Gomez turned down the consulting job; he felt that he already had too many irons in the fire.”

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too many irons in the fire

Strike while you’ve got too many irons in the fire.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019

Suspect our Northern friends have too many irons in the fire, none of which are hot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Loudon," said he, looking up from the journal, "you sometimes think I have too many irons in the fire.

From The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson

They usually betoken the too busy man—the man with too many irons in the fire.

From The Apple by Various

He had too many irons in the fire to trouble himself much about Ireland.

From The Story of Ireland by Emily Lawless