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View synonyms for embarras de richesses
embarras de richesses
[ ahn-ba-rahduhree-shes ]
noun
, French.
- embarrassment of riches; confusing overabundance.
embarras de richesses
/ ɑ̃bara də riʃɛs /
noun
- Alsoembarras de choixdə ʃwa a superfluous abundance of options, from which one finds it difficult to select
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Word History and Origins
Origin of embarras de richesses1
C18: literally: embarrassment of riches
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Example Sentences
I remarked coolly that I could not make up my mind what to do, as I had an embarras de richesses.
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M. Petrovitch must have experienced what the French call embarras de richesses.
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The subject of Devonshire rivers is a matter of embarras de richesses indeed.
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If good looks were a qualification for such employment, that civilian must have been troubled with an embarras de richesses.
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I really am afraid to enter more at large upon this theme, from a literal embarras de richesses.
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