简体

juggling act
身兼多职

Quote

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“Balancing singing, acting, and being a mom is a juggling act, but my kids come first.”

- Jennifer Lopez talking about her busy life. (Us Weekly)

“唱歌、表演、身为人母令我身兼多职，但我将我的孩子放在第一位。”
- 珍妮弗·洛佩兹 (Jennifer Lopez) 谈论她的繁忙生活。

Definition

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handling many different responsibilities at once; doing many different things at the same time

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Jennifer Lopez is just like us. She has a lot of different roles and responsibilities, and sometimes has a hard time dealing with all of them at once. Her responsibilities may be a bit more glamorous than the average person’s, but she isn’t the only one whose life feels like a juggling act sometimes.

In the circus, a juggling act is when someone keeps a bunch of objects in the air at once, like balls, knives, or even flaming sticks. When we use the expression, “It’s a juggling act” about our own lives, we might not be talking about something as exciting as juggling fire, but we are talking about something challenging and stressful. When your life is a juggling act, you have to do many different things at once, such as work, go to school, be a good friend, and maybe even raise a family.

Another expression like juggling act is have a lot of balls in the air. This expression also comes from juggling, because jugglers have to keep many different balls in the air at once. If they drop one, the show’s over. If your life feels like a juggling act, you can say, “I have a lot of balls in the air right now.”

J Lo has to juggle multiple careers and being a mom. But she says that nothing is more important to her than her kids. If she had to let one ball drop, it wouldn’t be them!

Do you ever feel like your life is a juggling act? What are you trying to juggle in your life right now?

Examples

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“Going to school and working full time is a juggling act, but it’s important to me to get my degree.”

“Being a father, a husband, a son and a boss is quite a juggling act, but James handles it well.”

“I have so many different responsibilities and duties at my job, it feels like a juggling act! “

Winners

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	Doing more than two things at once by Buttafly
	an attempt to deal with several conflicting situations, requirements, or pressures at the same time by anges491
	To keep more than two or more activities in motion or progress at one time. by candycandice
	Do many kinds of things,have a lot to bear. by Ahshan
	She has to tackle different activities and yet at the same time give preference to her kids. by julito

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