spread too thin



spread yourself too thin

to try to do too many things at the same time, so that you cannot give enough time or attention to any of them I realised I'd been spreading myself too thin so I resigned as secretary of the golf club.
See also: spread, thin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
TheodoreTHEE-ə-dawrEnglish
Agnar-Norwegian, Icelandic
LarrieLER-ee, LAR-eeEnglish
RoydonROI-dənEnglish (Rare)
Petru-Romanian, Corsican, Old Church Slavic
Faysal-Arabic