be spoilt for choice Definition

spoil
verb spoilt (past tense, past participle), spoiled, spoiling (present participle)

1. To impair, ruin or make useless or valueless.

Thesaurus: ruin, destroy, damage, wreck, debase, defile, upset, mar, deface, blemish, disfigure, plunder.
2. To mar or make less enjoyable.

Example: The contrived ending spoiled the film
3a. To treat someone or something in an indulgent way;
3b. To harm (a child, pet, etc) by the kind of over-indulgence that will lead to selfish behaviour, unreasonable expectations of others, etc.

Example: She is spoiling that boy ― he never even has to tidy his room
intr
4. Said of food: to become unfit to eat.

Thesaurus: decay, rot, decompose, putrefy, deteriorate, curdle, mildew, go bad.
5. To deliberately deface (a ballot paper, voting slip, etc) in order to make it invalid.

noun

1. Possessions taken by force; plunder.

Example: the spoils of war
Thesaurus: winnings, prizes, acquisitions, gain, haul, loot, booty, pickings, profits, pillage, plunder.
2. Any benefits or rewards.

Example: a company car ― just one of the spoils of the new job

Idiom: be spoiling for something

To seek out (a fight, argument, etc) eagerly.

Idiom: be spoiled for choice (be spoilt for choice)

To have so many options or alternatives that it is hard to decide which to choose.

Etymology: 13c: from French espoillier, from Latin spoliare, from spolium plunder or booty.