Английский словарь американских идиом - iron in the fire

{n. phr.} Something you are doing; one of the projects with which a person is busy; job, * /John had a number of irons in the fire, and he managed to keep all of them hot./ - Usually used in the phrase "too many irons in the fire". * /"Ed has a dozen things going all the time, but none of them seem to work out." "No wonder. He has too many irons in the fire."/