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embarrassment of riches

embarrassment of riches noun: an abundance or overabundance of something; too much of a good thing.

Noun

embarrassment of riches (plural embarrassments of riches)

  1. (idiomatic) An abundance or overabundance of something; too much of a good thing.
    • Roger was in the library, trying to choose, from an embarrassment of riches, the ten of his father's books which he was to be permitted to take to the city.1908, Myrtle Reed, chapter 23, in Flower of the Dusk
    • What might be an embarrassment of riches—a city with three independent and artistically distinct opera companies—may become a lose-lose-lose situation.2006 January 8, Daniel Ginsberg, “Opera in Berlin: A Staat of Flux”, in Washington Post, page N06

embarrassment of riches meaning in Bengali

embarrassment of riches in Bengali

কোনো কিছুর প্রাচুর্য, অত্যধিক প্রাচুর্য, ভাল জিনিসের আধিক্য

Forms of embarrassment of riches

pluralembarrassments of riches

Origin of embarrassment of riches

Calque of French embarras des richesses, from John Ozell's 1738 translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726) by Léonor Jean Christine Soulas d'Allainval.

Questions about embarrassment of riches

What does embarrassment of riches mean?
Embarrassment of riches means an abundance or overabundance of something; too much of a good thing.
What is embarrassment of riches in Bengali?
Embarrassment of riches in Bengali is কোনো কিছুর প্রাচুর্য, অত্যধিক প্রাচুর্য, ভাল জিনিসের আধিক্য. See Embarrassment of riches meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is embarrassment of riches?
Embarrassment of riches is a noun.
What is the plural of embarrassment of riches?
The plural of embarrassment of riches is embarrassments of riches.

Words near embarrassment of riches in the dictionary

  1. embarrassingly
  2. embarrassingly parallel
  3. embarrassingness
  4. embarrassings
  5. embarrassment
  6. embarrassment of riches
  7. embarrassments
  8. embarrassments of riches
  9. embarred
  10. embarrel
  11. embarreled

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