Biting off more than you can chew
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Meaning
- Try to do more than an individual is able to do.
- Promise something that one cannot fulfill.
- Strive to do something which is hardly achievable.
Example Sentences
- You will be biting more than you can chew if you accept another task while you haven't finished your first.
- I realized that I bit off more than I could chew when I assured to complete the painting in one day.
- If you keep this up for longer, you will bite off more than you can chew.
- By handling all these situations at once, he is clearly biting off more than he could chew.
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Shalom Nabacwa
Aug 6, 2024 11:46 AM
Watch out the fox will get them
Tyson
Jun 19, 2024 12:32 AM
You know there are heaps of things you can do but dont do too much
Tyson
Jun 19, 2024 12:28 AM
I like idioms they make me wanna create my own!
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