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Idiom

peanut butter

Meaning

To spread resources too thin.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Don't peanut butter your budget across too many small projects.”

“The manager decided to focus on one main goal rather than peanut butter the team's limited time across five different tasks.”

“By attempting to peanut butter their dwindling financial resources across every department simultaneously, the board ensured that no single initiative received the funding necessary for success.”

Examples

simple

“Don't peanut butter your budget across too many small projects.”

contextual

“The manager decided to focus on one main goal rather than peanut butter the team's limited time across five different tasks.”

complex

“By attempting to peanut butter their dwindling financial resources across every department simultaneously, the board ensured that no single initiative received the funding necessary for success.”

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