walk and chew gum (Idioms ??)- by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

walk and chew gum - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.:

"walk and chew gum (at the same time)

to be able to do more than one thing at a time.

ex) Officials say they have to plan for all kinds of possibilities, that they have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time."


cf. 1. Re: Query - Walk and Chew Gum

cf. 2. Edwards made the following declaration: "We need a president of the United States who can walk and chew chewing gum at the same time."

cf. 3. Jerry Ford couldn’t “fart” and chew gum at the same time.