spoiled for choice
Excessive appealing alternatives
Spoiled for choice means having so many good options that choosing becomes difficult.
The "spoiled" suggests being overwhelmed rather than pleased—too much abundance creates its own problem: With three job offers on the table, I'm spoiled for choice.
More common in British than American English, where *spoiled for options* or *too many choices* might be heard instead.
- embarrassment of richesOverwhelming surplus of desirable things
- plethoraExcessive surplus
- overchoiceExcess of alternatives
- hand pickedPersonally selected with care
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
multitude · paralysis · variety · vacillation · array · overwhelm · diversity · buyer's remorse · regret · overthinking · ambivalence · deliberation · decision fatigue · analysis paralysis · assortment · selection · plentiful · options
spoiled for choiceHobson's choice
Illusory selection, one possibility
no choice · no alternative · only option · take it or leave it · constrained
spoiled for choicelesser of two evils
Preferable among bad options
between a rock and a hard place · no good options · bottom of the barrel · slim pickings · no-win situation
spoiled for choicelesser of two evils
Preferable among bad options
no-win situation · Catch-22 · impossible choice · in a bind · on the horns of a dilemma
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