juggling act

English

Noun

juggling act (plural juggling acts)

1. (idiomatic) A situation in which someone has to deal with several conflicting things simultaneously
   • 2008, Mikki Morrissette, Choosing Single Motherhood: The Thinking Woman's Guide, page 17:

     Parenthood is always a juggling act, balancing time and energy and finances and emotions with your child's — and your own — natural good days and bad days.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: juggling act.

   The clown's juggling act was both technically fantastic and hilarious.