spread ((yourself/itself) too) thin

1. to try to do too many different things at the same time.

Max has spread himself thin and needs to focus on just a couple of his best ideas.

The company has expanded into many different areas and has probably spread itself too thin.

2. to not have enough people or equipment to do a job well.

The police are spread thin and cannot provide enough protection.

• make an exhibition of yourself
• make an honest woman of
• make an honest woman of someone
• make a night of it
• make a noise about
• make a noise about something
• make a ... of it
• make a pass at
• make a pass at someone
• make a pig of
• make a pig of yourself
• make a pig's ear of
• make a pig's ear of doing something
• make a pig's ear of something
• make a pitch for
• make a pitch for something
• make a play for
• make a play for someone
• make a play for something
• make a point of
• make a point of doing something
• make a poor fist of
• make a poor fist of doing something
• make a poor fist of something
• make a practice of