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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Addi Mot
Dec 31, 2020 12:02 AM
I like how you used all the example's!
Isabella S
Nov 15, 2022 4:49 PM
ya me to
Camden M
Nov 28, 2023 7:14 PM
I like how you used all the exaple's
Jan 28, 2021 1:32 AM
wow poor sanke or elaphant
Jiaqi Liu
Aug 13, 2021 11:56 AM
you spelled "snake" and "elephant" wrongly
Aprille Gwyn Alcaraz
Aug 9, 2022 8:16 AM
bring it to the doctor
Joe fad
Aug 31, 2022 1:28 PM
you should say incorrectly not wrongly
Ethan Cabiluna
Mar 28, 2023 1:40 PM
Whats hes name?
john deree
Dec 19, 2023 11:53 AM
Randomly generated three letters to serve as a name, got mny.
Tyson
Jun 19, 2024 12:28 AM
id say poor snake lol
Valerie McDaniel
Nov 5, 2024 6:52 PM
He ate a rock.
Coreen Joy Angeline Santos
Feb 18, 2021 12:21 PM
I think the snake is an old grandma or grandpa because its teeth is out
Jiaqi Liu
Aug 13, 2021 11:55 AM
lol
Danster Roley
Sep 15, 2022 7:32 PM
Ha ha!!!
Sebastian O
Jan 30, 2024 5:53 PM
hhahaha
Tyson
Jun 19, 2024 12:29 AM
FR THO
Valerie McDaniel
Nov 5, 2024 6:54 PM
Your right he doesn't have teeth! Wow!
