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have one's fingers in many pies

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
have one's fin-ger-s in -many pies
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be involved in many, or too many, different things.

Inflected Forms

has one's fingers in many pies (present, singular) having one's fingers in many pies (participle, present) had one's fingers in many pies (participle, past) had one's fingers in many pies (past)

Phrases

spread oneself thin wear too many hats

Frequently Paired Words

spread oneself thin wear too many hats

Questions

What does have one's fingers in many pies mean?
To be involved in many, or too many, different things.

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