"Have many irons in the fire" nghĩa là gì?

Anh thợ rèn* cơ bắp cuồn cuộn. Photo courtesy Hans Splinter.

'Have many irons in the fire' (có quá nhiều thanh sắt trong lò lửa) nghĩa là quá nhiều việc, nhiều dự án đang tiến hành. Ngày nay, với nghĩa tương tự, các em gái thường nói là "tớ có quá nhiều củ khoai nóng ở trên đùi" :)

Ví dụ
I have many irons in the fire, but am also reaching out over social media (mạng xã hội) to see what opportunities there may be.

The Yankees (đội bóng chày) seem to have many irons in the fire, especially when it comes to starting pitchers (cầu thủ ném bóng).

Loeb encourages young jazz artists to diversify as much as possible. "I tell students in clinics that they have to have many irons in the fire and wear as many different hats (đội nhiều chiếc mũ) as you can. You cannot just be a guitar player or just a composer or just a session player."

Disney meanwhile have many irons in the fire with regard its slew (số lượng lớn) of live-action remakes: Cinderella is currently raking it in (lấy cào gạt tiền vào, ở sòng bạc) at the worldwide box office ($400 million thus far) following Maleficent and Alice in Wonderland’s huge success in recent years.

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* Blacksmiths work with "black" metals, especially iron. The black color comes from a layer of oxides that form on the surface of the metal during heating (called fire scale). The term "smith" originates from the word "smite", which means to hit. Thus, a blacksmith is a person who smites the black metals.
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