wear too many hats

verb

To try to fill more roles at once than is realistically possible.

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Meanings

verbwear too many hats (third-person singular simple present wears too many hats, present participle wearing too many hats, simple past wore too many hats, past participle worn too many hats)

present singular third person wears too many hats · participle present wearing too many hats · past wore too many hats · participle past worn too many hats

  1. idiomaticTo try to fill more roles at once than is realistically possible.

    She is asked to be a comedienne, dancer, stunt woman, singer and dramatic actress — and the truth is that she is trying to wear too many hats.

    1963 August 10, Cameron Dewar, “Too Many Hats for 'Jennie'”, in Billboard

Translations

French courir plusieurs lièvres à la fois
  • courir plusieurs lièvres à la foisfill many roles at once
German viele Aufgaben haben, viele Funktionen haben
  • viele Aufgaben habenfill many roles at once
  • viele Funktionen habenfill many roles at once
  • viele Funktionen erfüllenfill many roles at once
  • viele Funktionen ausübenfill many roles at once
  • viele Funktionen übernehmenfill many roles at once
  • in vielen Funktionen tätig seinfill many roles at once
  • vielseitig seinfill many roles at once
  • viele Aufgaben übernehmenfill many roles at once
  • sich verschiedene Hüte aufsetzenfill many roles at once
  • eierlegende Wollmilchsaufill many roles at once
Polish rozmieniać się na drobne, rozmienić się na drobne
  • rozmieniać się na drobnefill many roles at once
  • rozmienić się na drobnefill many roles at once
  • łapać sroki za ogonfill many roles at once
  • złapać sroki za ogonfill many roles at once
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APA

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Chicago

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