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enough to go around

enough to go around

7 2.3
There is enough for everyone to have some
  • idiom
translation icon : suficiente para todos
  • At the picnic, there was plenty of food; there was enough to go around for everyone.

And it's one of is there enough to go around?

Examples

  • There simply aren't enough to go around.

    Blog text (16)

  • The number of proposals far exceeded the number of available nights, and astronomers with good projects were not getting telescope time simply because there wasn't enough to go around.

    Academic text (1996)

  • - More than enough to go around.

    The Theory of the Leisure Class (2001)

  • There may not be enough to go around.

    Academic text (2010)

  • There are not enough to go around.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • There is definitely enough to go around.

    Blog text (34)

  • There's more than enough to go around.

    Bloodrunners (2017)

  • There's enough to go around for everyone.

    While We're Young (2015)

  • There's enough to go around.

    Intersection (1994)

  • There will be enough to go around for up to 75 people to get crafty on Thursday night.

    Blog text (4)

Synonyms

plenty
vsenough to go around
∞ 1.0

A large amount that is more than needed

is just sufficient so every person in the group can have a share

Antonyms

scarce
103 4.8

Not enough of something for people who need it

insufficient
86 3.6

Not enough in amount or quality to meet a need

Surface Forms

enough to go around main

Morphology

enough + to + go + around

The meaning 'sufficient for everyone' is directly derivable from 'enough' (sufficient) combined with 'to go around' — here 'go around' means to circulate or be available to everyone. This is a straightforward, predictable extension of the literal verbs and particles and is commonly used in context, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would likely understand it.

Etymology

Enough to go around paints a simple picture: imagine food or supplies being passed so they go around a group and each person can take some. So, if there is enough to go around, it means there is 'sufficient for everyone'.