champagne problem

English

Etymology

Because champagne is a luxury product; compare champagne socialist.

Noun

champagne problem (plural champagne problems)

1. The need to make a decision between alternatives that are both desirable.
   • 2007, Best Life (volume 4, number 6, July-August 2007, page 86)

     It's a champagne problem, but for Duhamel, a problem nonetheless.

   • 2010, Joan Williams, Reshaping the Work-Family Debate:

     These stories both reflect and reinforce destructive stereotypes, painting work-family conflict as a champagne problem enjoyed by upper-middle-class women in white-collar jobs.

See also

• candy store problem