Icelandic

Verb

hafa mörg járn í eldinum ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hafði mörg járn í eldinum, supine haft mörg járn í eldinum)

1. (idiomatic) to have too many irons in the fire, to have many many competing tasks ^syn.

See also

• hafa nóg á sinni könnu

Synonyms

• (have many irons in the fire): ^def. vera ekki við eina fjölina felldur, hafa margt í takinu, vasast í mörgu