Idiom
juggling act
Meaning
A situation in which someone has to deal with several conflicting things simultaneously
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My life is a juggling act between work and school.”
“Managing a full-time job while raising three children is a difficult juggling act for any parent.”
“The executive performed a delicate juggling act, balancing the demands of impatient shareholders against the long-term needs of the company's employees.”
Examples
simple
“My life is a juggling act between work and school.”
contextual
“Managing a full-time job while raising three children is a difficult juggling act for any parent.”
complex
“The executive performed a delicate juggling act, balancing the demands of impatient shareholders against the long-term needs of the company's employees.”
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