em|bar|ras de ri|chesses

em|bar|ras de ri|chesses «ahn ba RAH duh ree- SHEHS»,

French. embarrassment of riches; embarrassing amount of wealth or good things: »

Thus Ireland has an embarras de richesses in this type of experience (Harper's).

Usage A common Anglicized form of the French idiom is embarras de richesse, as in the following quotation: »

On page 2 of his book he starts to pile up examples…until at the end one finds oneself overwhelmed by a unique embarras de richesse (Hannah Arendt).