See spread oneself thin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"To commit oneself to too many projects, so that there is little chance of completing them all satisfactorily."
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"(informal, idiomatic) To commit oneself to too many projects, so that there is little chance of completing them all satisfactorily."
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"word": "wear too many hats"
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"code": "fi",
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"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
"word": "rasittaa itseään liikaa"
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"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
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"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
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"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects"
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"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
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"word": "but see rozmieniać się na drobne"
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"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
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"word": "rozmienić się na drobne"
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"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
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"word": "łapać sroki za ogon"
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"(informal, idiomatic) To commit oneself to too many projects, so that there is little chance of completing them all satisfactorily."
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"code": "fi",
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"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
"word": "rasittaa itseään liikaa"
},
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"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
"word": "se disperser"
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"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
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},
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"lang": "French",
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"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
"word": "s'éparpiller"
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"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
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"sense": "to commit oneself to too many projects",
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"word": "łapać sroki za ogon"
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"word": "złapać sroki za ogon"
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"word": "spread oneself thin"
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