iron in the fire

[iron in the fire] {n. phr.}

Something you are doing; one of the projects with which a person is busy; job,

* /John had a number of irons in the fire, and he managed to keep all of them hot./

- Usually used in the phrase "too many irons in the fire".

* /"Ed has a dozen things going all the time, but none of them seem to work out." "No wonder. He has too many irons in the fire."/

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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