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"form": "wearing too many hats",
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"ref": "1963 August 10, Cameron Dewar, “Too Many Hats for 'Jennie'”, in Billboard",
"text": "She is asked to be a comedienne, dancer, stunt woman, singer and dramatic actress — and the truth is that she is trying to wear too many hats.",
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"To try to fill more roles at once than is realistically possible."
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"(idiomatic) To try to fill more roles at once than is realistically possible."
],
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},
{
"word": "wear two hats"
},
{
"word": "have one's fingers in many pies"
},
{
"word": "have too many irons in the fire"
},
{
"word": "jack of all trades"
},
{
"word": "spread oneself thin"
},
{
"word": "string to one's bow"
}
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Aufgaben haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Funktionen haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Funktionen erfüllen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Funktionen ausüben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Funktionen übernehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "in vielen Funktionen tätig sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "vielseitig sein"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Aufgaben übernehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "sich verschiedene Hüte aufsetzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"tags": [
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"word": "eierlegende Wollmilchsau"
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"text": "She is asked to be a comedienne, dancer, stunt woman, singer and dramatic actress — and the truth is that she is trying to wear too many hats.",
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"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Aufgaben haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Funktionen haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Funktionen erfüllen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Funktionen ausüben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Funktionen übernehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "in vielen Funktionen tätig sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "vielseitig sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "viele Aufgaben übernehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"word": "sich verschiedene Hüte aufsetzen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fill many roles at once",
"tags": [
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"word": "eierlegende Wollmilchsau"
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