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too many cooks spoil the brothToo many people involved worsen the outcome/resultRate it:

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too many balls in the airToo many tasks, responsibilities, or details to cope with or manage successfully.Rate it:

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too many balls in the airAttempting to accomplish many projects in one time period.Rate it:

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one too manyUsed other than as an idiom: see one, too, many.Rate it:

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one too manyOne or more serving too much of alcohol, which leads to drunkenness.Rate it:

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wear too many hatsTo try to fill more roles at once than is realistically possible.Rate it:

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scotch broththick soupRate it:

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too young, too simple, sometimes naiveFoolish or imprudent, caused by a lack of social experiences.Rate it:

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spare the rod and spoil the childIf one does not discipline a child, he or she will never learn obedience and good manners.Rate it:

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Spare the Rod and Spoil the ChildTo give corporal punishment to someone in orders to make him learn something, or civilized himRate it:

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spoil somebody rottenTo overindulge someone, especially when it results in making them selfish and demanding.Rate it:

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spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tarTo have something important fail for want of a small amount of money or effort.Rate it:

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i have many bridges to sell you.You've been very naive.Rate it:

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there are many ways to skin a catAlternative form of there's more than one way to skin a cat.Rate it:

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have one's fingers in many piesto be involved in many different things.Rate it:

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there's many a slip twixt cup and lipIn any situation, however well planned, something can always go wrong.Rate it:

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how many languages do you speakhow many languages do you speak?Rate it:

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how many siblings do you haveUsed to ask how many brothers or sisters someone has.Rate it:

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many a mickle makes a muckle(UK) a lot of small amounts together, become a large amount.Rate it:

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many hands make light workA large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily.Rate it:

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many happy returnsA greeting, usually for birthdays, in reference to the passing year; Happy birthday!.Rate it:

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success has many fathers, failure is an orphanMany will seek credit for success, few will accept responsibility for failure.Rate it:

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with so many colors, paint black and white dreams is only for those with colorful imagination.It is a phrase inspired by the arts.Rate it:

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“with so many signs, following the right path is only for those who are guided by faith.”SignsRate it:

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a bridge too farA step or action that is too ambitious; an act of overreaching.Rate it:

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go to the well too oftenoverdraw from a resource to exhaustive effectRate it:

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have one's cake and eat it tooTo seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).Rate it:

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if they sold it to you, you paid too muchEven when you perceive a good deal, someone is making money off you.Rate it:

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not a minute too soonat the last possible moment; just in timeRate it:

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speak too soonTo make a premature assumption which is later proven falseRate it:

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this too shall passNothing, good or bad, lasts forever. Used to indicate that a current situation or event, no matter how wonderful or horrible it is, will not last forever.Rate it:

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too hot to handleToo extreme, aggressive, risky, or dangerous to deal with given the circumstancesRate it:

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too much bed makes a dull headToo much inactivity makes one less mentally acute.Rate it:

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navem deducere (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...)to launch a boat.Rate it:

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too rich for one's bloodToo expensive or fancy to suit one's taste or preferences.Rate it:

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fly too close to the sunTo become overly ambitious or greedy.Rate it:

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Too Big for Your BritchesSelf-important; proud of something, particularly about selfRate it:

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be a hundred years too earlyTo be so immature and unprepared as to be hopelessly unable to achieve something.Rate it:

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it's never too late to mendYouRate it:

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too bad, so sadAn expression of mock sympathy.Rate it:

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a man hasn’t lost when he’s fallen down, he’s lost when he’s too weak to get back upit explains that giving up is losingRate it:

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and your little dog tooA statement that not only will the person being addressed be punished but their conspirators will also.Rate it:

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bridge too farA step or action that is too ambitious; an act of overreaching.Rate it:

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coloniam deducere in aliquem locum (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...)to found a colony somewhere.Rate it:

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de capite deducere (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...) aliquidto subtract something from the capital.Rate it:

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eat one's cake and have it tooAlternative form of have one's cake and eat it tooRate it:

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enough is too muchSynonym of enough is enoughRate it:

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go too farTo exceed an unstated limit, especially a limit of acceptable behaviour.Rate it:

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Have Your Cake and Eat It TooTo have something both ways, to have something in possession and be able to exploit or use itRate it:

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high five. down low. too slow.Something Americans do to have fun and form friendships--a bonding thing; camaraderie.Rate it:

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