embarras de richesses

[ ahn-ba-rahduhree-shes ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, French.

/ ɑ̃bara də riʃɛs /

Alsoembarras de choixdə ʃwa a superfluous abundance of options, from which one finds it difficult to select

C18: literally: embarrassment of riches

I remarked coolly that I could not make up my mind what to do, as I had an embarras de richesses.

M. Petrovitch must have experienced what the French call embarras de richesses.

The subject of Devonshire rivers is a matter of embarras de richesses indeed.

If good looks were a qualification for such employment, that civilian must have been troubled with an embarras de richesses.

I really am afraid to enter more at large upon this theme, from a literal embarras de richesses.

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