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An overabundance of something, too much of a good thing, as in All four of them have their own cars but there's no room in the driveway? an embarrassment of riches. This term originated in 1738 as John Ozell's translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726). In addition to the idioms beginning with EMPTY, Also see GLASS IS HALF FULL (HALF EMPTY); RUNNING ON EMPTY.
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