juggling acts
Tossing performance routines
Juggling acts are performances in which someone keeps multiple objects moving through the air, catching and throwing them in sequence.
The phrase extends figuratively to any situation requiring simultaneous management of competing demands: Between work, kids, and night classes, her life is a juggling act.
The emphasis falls on precarious balance—drop one ball and everything falls apart.
- too many balls in the airHandling excessive simultaneous commitments
- ballsRound solid objects
- keep it upEncouragement to persist
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- big topMain circus tent
circus arts · beanbags · clubs · dexterity · hand-eye coordination · torches · showmanship · rings · devil sticks · cascade · multitasking · cigar boxes · unicycling · street performance · street performer · variety show · prioritization · clowning
- circuscircus, big top, clown, clowns, ringmaster
- street musicbusking, busker, street performer, street bands, one-man band
juggling actsstand-up comedy
Live solo comedic performance
musical performances · dramatic monologues · ventriloquism · mentalism
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