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[iron in the
fire] {n. phr.} Something you are doing; one of theprojects with which a person
is busy; job,
John had a number ofirons in the fire, and he managed to keep
all of them hot.
- Usuallyused in the phrase "too many irons in the fire".
"Ed has a dozenthings going all the time, but none of them seem to work out."
"Nowonder. He has too many irons in the fire."
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