embarrassment of riches

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).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Christina	[kris'ti:nə]
Jannike	YAHN-ni-ke (Swedish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Celeste	che-LE-ste (Italian), sə-LEST (English)	Italian, English
Teresa	te-RE-sah (Spanish, Polish), te-RE-zah (Italian, German), TE-re-sah (Finnish), tə-REE-sə (English), tə-REE-zə (English)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Nina (3)	-	Native American, Quechua
Winfred	['winfrid]