have one's finger in too many pies

have one's finger in too many pies
have one's finger in too many pies
Fig. to be involved in too many things; to have too many tasks going to be able to do any of them well. (See also have a finger in the pie.) •

I'm too busy. I have my finger in too many pies.

She never gets anything done because she has her finger in too many pies.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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