wear too many hats

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wear 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)

1. (idiomatic) To try to fill more roles at once than is realistically possible.
   • 1963 August 10, Cameron Dewar, “Too Many Hats for 'Jennie'”, in Billboard:

     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.

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• wear many hats

Translations

fill many roles at once

• German: viele Aufgaben haben, viele Funktionen haben, viele Funktionen erfüllen, viele Funktionen ausüben, viele Funktionen übernehmen, in vielen Funktionen tätig sein, vielseitig sein, viele Aufgaben übernehmen, sich verschiedene Hüte aufsetzen, eierlegende Wollmilchsau (de) f

See also

• wear two hats
• have one's fingers in many pies
• have too many irons in the fire
• jack of all trades
• spread oneself thin
• string to one's bow