spoiled for choice

spoiled for choice

Having an abundance of suitable or ideal options from which to choose, such that it may be difficult to make a decision. Primarily heard in US. Between video games, television, and the Internet, kids these days are being brought up spoiled for choice when it comes to their entertainment. Our hotel was right in the midst of the city's finest restaurants, so whenever we wanted something to eat, we were spoiled for choice.
See also: choice, spoil
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • spoilt for choice
  • spoilt
  • be spoiled for choice
  • be spoilt for choice
  • be spoilt/spoiled for choice
  • choice
  • lousy with
  • lousy with (something)
  • lousy with someone/something
  • if ever there was (something)
References in periodicals archive
NOON I love dim sum and you're spoiled for choice in Hong Kong.
The former Sky Blues favourite (pictured) says the club's success or failure will be determined by the manager's ability to recruit the right type of players within his budget, but says he'll be spoiled for choice given the vast amount of free transfers that will be available this summer.
- Majorie, via email AYOU'RE spoiled for choice. Many native British trees are suited to clay soils, including oak, ash and elder.
You are spoiled for choice when it comes to characters
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As a vegetarian it's very rare to be spoiled for choice and this is something I relish at Milgi on City Road in Cardiff.
Keith boss Darren Still believes he's spoiled for choice ahead of next month's League Cup Final.
The Dragons' boss will be spoiled for choice in deciding his matchday squad, the 16 players involved in the 5-0 victory at Sutton United a fortnight ago facing competition from the likes of the manager himself, Brett Ormerod, Stephen Wright and Jay Harris, none of whom figured at Gander Green Lane.
You'll be spoiled for choice with Lebanese, Japanese, French, Italian, Portuguese, Thai, Persian, Indian and Mediterranean, on offer, not to mention a coffee shop open for breakfast.
With an influx of applicants fighting for fewer vacancies, from universityleavers competing for a small pool of graduate schemes, to a host of 18-yearolds entering the job market for the first time, it's no surprise that businesses are spoiled for choice.
WARREN GAtlANd insists he is spoiled for choice as he bids to trim down his squad ahead of the World Cup in New Zealand.
With an influx of applicants fighting for fewer vacancies, from university-leavers competing for a small pool of graduate schemes, to a host of 18-year-olds entering the job market for the first time, businesses are spoiled for choice.
With an influx of applicants fighting for fewer vacancies, from university-leavers competing for a small pool of graduate schemes, to a host of 18 year-olds entering the job market for the first time, it's no surprise that businesses are spoiled for choice. With "street-smart" fast overtaking "book-smart", applicants in Wales will be well advised to showcase their personable side in interviews, as businesses increasingly look for workers with the right soft skills.
PHOTO gurus Mark Condren and Alex Mead are spoiled for choice while looking for that perfect image.