spoilt for choice
/ˌspɔɪlt fə ˈtʃɔɪs/INFORMAL · C1
Meaning
having so many good options that it is hard to pick
Examples
- 1There are so many good restaurants on this street that you're spoilt for choice.
- 2With five job offers to consider, Priya was spoilt for choice.
- 3The market sells twenty kinds of cheese, so shoppers are spoilt for choice.
- 4When it comes to cheap flights to Spain, travellers are spoilt for choice this summer.
- 5Aren't we spoilt for choice with six parks within walking distance of the flat?
Grammar
Usually after be: you're spoilt for choice. spoiled for choice is also used.
Similar in meaning
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All 20 idioms and the topic quiz →have a change of heartto start to think or feel differently about a decisionerr on the side of cautionto choose the safer option to avoid any riskset in stonefixed and impossible to alterhedge your betsto avoid committing to one option so that you cannot losechop and changeto keep switching your plans or opinionsburn your bridgesto do something that makes it impossible to go back later
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