A lime-and-blue striped hammock stretched between two small hurdles, one leaning over, against a white background.

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Dr. Cristina Yang

I can't straddle another ego right now, I'm already doing the splits.

— Grey's Anatomy · 2005

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker says they cannot take on another oversized ego because they are already stretched painfully between others. The splits image is a sardonic way to say they are overloaded managing people's vanity, and adding one more is beyond what they can bear.

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