a juggling act



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a juggling act

A difficult and/or precarious situation in which several things are being attempted or must be maintained at the same time. I think I need to hire an assistant, because keeping track of all these accounts and transactions on my own has become quite a juggling act!
See also: act, juggle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Desislav-Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Sunnifa-Medieval Scandinavian
RickyRIK-eeEnglish
Katharinakah-tah-REE-nah (German, Swedish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
CaomhÁN-Ancient Irish
Faustino-Spanish, Italian, Portuguese