spread oneself thin

English

Alternative forms

• spread oneself too thin

Verb

spread oneself thin (third-person singular simple present spreads oneself thin, present participle spreading oneself thin, simple past and past participle spread oneself thin)

1. (informal, idiomatic) To commit oneself to too many projects, so that there is little chance of completing them all satisfactorily.

Translations

to commit oneself to too many projects

Finnish: rasittaa itseään liikaa French: se disperser, partir dans tous les sens (fr), s'éparpiller Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see rozmieniać się na drobne (pl) impf, rozmienić się na drobne pf, łapać sroki za ogon impf, złapać sroki za ogon pf

See also

• have one's fingers in many pies
• jack of all trades
• wear too many hats