持てあますもて余す
もてあます
Verb, Transitive
1.
to be too much for one, to find unmanageable, to be beyond one's control, to not know what to do with
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彼は有り余る時間をどう持て余していいか分からなかった。
He didn't know what to do with his abundant free time.
大きすぎる犬を持て余している。
I'm finding this dog, which is too big, unmanageable.
彼の才能は、その小さな会社では持て余されるだろう。
His talent would likely be too much for that small company to handle.
突然の自由な時間に、何をすればいいか持て余してしまった。
With the sudden free time, I found myself at a loss for what to do.
彼の情熱は時に周りの人々を持て余させるほどだった。
His passion was sometimes so intense that it overwhelmed those around him.
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