spread yourself too thin
Definition
› to try to do too many things at the same time, so that you cannot give enough time or attention to any of them: I realized I'd been spreading myself too thin so I resigned as secretary of the golf club.Busy and activeHurrying and doing things quickly
(Definition of spread yourself too thin from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a head of steam idiom
- a hive of activity/industry idiom
- be (as) busy as a bee idiom
- be all go idiom
- be at work idiom
- be back in harness idiom
- burst noun (INCREASE)
- bustle noun (ACTIVITY)
- bustling adjective
- busy adjective (DOING THINGS)
- circus noun (ATTENTION)
- engaged adjective (INVOLVED/BUSY)
- frenetic adjective
- hum verb
- hustle noun
- overdrive noun
- rev up (sb/sth) phrasal verb
- rough and tumble idiom
- run around phrasal verb
- run round in circles idiom
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