Idiom
spread oneself thin
Meaning
To commit oneself to too many projects, so that there is little chance of completing them all satisfactorily.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am spreading myself thin by working two jobs.”
“You should focus on one project instead of spreading yourself thin with so many different tasks.”
“By attempting to manage the entire department while simultaneously launching a new startup, the executive realized he was spreading himself too thin to be effective.”
Examples
simple
“I am spreading myself thin by working two jobs.”
contextual
“You should focus on one project instead of spreading yourself thin with so many different tasks.”
complex
“By attempting to manage the entire department while simultaneously launching a new startup, the executive realized he was spreading himself too thin to be effective.”
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