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spread yourself too thin
USUK
to try to do too many things at once, so you do none of them well
'Yourself' changes to myself, himself and so on. You can also say a team or budget is 'spread too thin'.
In context
With two jobs and evening classes, I was spreading myself too thin.
Don't join every club this year, or you'll spread yourself too thin.
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