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
CarlyleKAHR-lielEnglish
JevgeŅIja-Latvian
IwoEE-vawPolish
Juliezhuy-LEE (French), YOO-lee-e (Danish), YUW-lye (Czech), JOO-lee (English)French, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
CobusKO-busDutch
Ciprianochee-pree-AH-no (Italian)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese