Learn an English phrase - 'Spoilt for choice' - What does 'spoilt for choice' mean? - with Mr Duncan

People often say that it is nice to have a choice when making a selection from a list of things on offer.

The word ‘choice’ refers to the actual list or the things that are on offer.

Perhaps you are choosing an item of food from a menu in a restaurant.

Maybe you are in a shop on a hot day looking excitedly at all the varieties of ice cream on offer.

To have a large selection to choose from is a choice.

You will choose one thing from what is being offered.

Of course, sometimes you might find yourself in a situation where there are too many things to choose from.

You might find it hard to choose one thing from the many choices on offer.

We can say that you are ‘spoilt for choice’.

There are so many things to choose from what is on offer

that making a decision becomes difficult.

It might take a long time for you to decide what to have.

You might even say that you are ‘spoilt for choice’.

There is so much on offer you can't make up your mind what to have.

“I can't decide what to have”.

“There is so much on offer. I am spoilt for choice.”

You try to narrow the choices down, which means you select the things you really like

and then make a choice from that smaller list.

To reduce the number of something by having a smaller choice.

You narrow the choices down.

Even then, it might still be hard to come to a decision.

Occasionally, you might find that you can't make a choice because everything appeals to you.

Of course, you can always choose more than one thing from the list on offer.

You might go into a shop and find that there are many things you want to buy.

Once again, you find yourself spoilt for choice.

Of course, it is possible to have the opposite situation, where there is very little to choose from.

The list of things on offer might be short.

There is not much to choose from.

You might find yourself feeling disappointed because there is not much on offer.

There is no choice.

You might be forced into a situation where you have to take what is there.

There is a phrase in English... ‘Beggars can't be choosers’.

This phrase perfectly expresses a situation where you might find yourself having to take or accept what you are given.

You have no choice.