| 词组 | bite off more than they can chew |
| 释义 | (redirected from bite off more than they can chew)bite off more than (one) can chewTo take on more responsibility than one can handle. I bit off more than I could chew when I volunteered to manage three little league teams in one season. bite off more than one can chew1. Lit. to take a larger mouthful of food than one can chew easily or comfortably. I bit off more than I could chew, and nearly choked. 2. Fig. to take (on) more than one can deal with; to be overconfident. Ann is exhausted again. She's always biting off more than she can chew. bite off more than one can chewTake on more work or a bigger task than one can handle, as in With two additional jobs, Bill is clearly biting off more than he can chew. Cautions against taking on too much appear in medieval sources, although this particular metaphor, alluding to taking in more food than one can chew, dates only from about 1870. bite off more than you can chewIf you bite off more than you can chew, you try to do a task that is too big for you or too difficult. I didn't know if I could even memorize a text of that length and started to worry that I had bitten off more than I could chew. Don't bite off more than you can chew simply because everything is going so well. bite off more than you can chewtake on a commitment you cannot fulfil.bite off ˌmore than you can ˈchew(informal) attempt to do something that is too difficult for you or that you do not have enough time to do: He’s promised to get all this work finished by the weekend but I’ve got a feeling he’s bitten off more than he can chew.bite off more than (one) can chew To decide or agree to do more than one can finally accomplish. |
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