APAD: Don’t put too many irons…完成谚语？附短语动词。我的收获大大的，你们呢？

 

 

PROVERB	Don’t put too many irons in the fire
MEANING	Don’t try to do too many things at the same time; focus on one thing at a time
EXAMPLE	“No wonder you’re exhausted. You’re trying to work 4 jobs at the same time! You have too many irons in the fire right now.”

Phrasal Verb:

come up with [x]

to think of an idea, especially as the first person to do so, or to produce a solution

 

Sahar comes up with her best story ideas at night, so she writes them down before she forgets them.

 

I'm guilty but wonder how polymaths like da Vinci did it.

I wonder how come ur English r so wonderul!:)

There is a similar idiom. Do u know what it is？

Thank you. It feeds on kind words from folks like you :-)

Does it have to do with cooks or biting?

Human, can be multitasking. can do many, not too many

I only have 2 hands ---a common complain from work

方向正确，接着说：）

学习了，果然是idiom：）我知道的是另一个：）

如果我记得没错的话，这个谚语中的 iron 指的是熨衣服的烙铁。

年纪大的人小时候可能见过烙铁。把烙铁放到火上烤热，然后就可以熨衣服了。

google 了一下。绝大多数都说跟打铁有关。只有一篇文章提到跟熨衣服有关。

ONE proverb a day :-)