irons
Tu as trop de fers au feu.
You have too many irons in the fire.
L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Mets-le aux fers !
Put him in irons!
— Aguirre, la colère de Dieu (1972)
Il a fallu lui mettre les fers, il se présentait par les fesses.
We had to put him in irons, he was presenting himself buttocks first.
— Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959)
Vous avez trop de fers au feu.