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idiom informal. Add to word list. Add to word list. to try to do something that is too difficult for you: We bit off more than we could chew in our original reform proposals. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Coping and not coping. balancing act. be left holding the baby idiom.
bite off more than you can chew v expr: figurative, informal (accept an overly ambitious task) el que mucho abarca poco aprieta expr : Gabriella thought she would enjoy being team leader, but she may have bitten off more than she can chew.
If you don't like it that's too bad - bite me! Si no te gusta como me salió, ¡chupame un huevo! bite off more than you can chew v expr: figurative, informal (accept an overly ambitious task) el que mucho abarca poco aprieta expr : Gabriella thought she would enjoy being team leader, but she may have bitten off more than she can chew.
to try to do something that is too difficult for you: I think he's bitten off more than he can chew taking all those classes . (Definición de bite off more than you can chew del Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
( 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. See also: bite, can, chew, more, off. Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017. See also: deep water.
21 de dic. de 2019 · The expression "biting off more than you can chew" means to take on too much. You agree to do more than you actually can. I think it is safe to say that we have all been there....
This idiom refers to attempting to do more work than you are able to. Perhaps you are already involved in too many other activities, or it is a new task for which you don’t yet have the skill, or the deadline is too soon. In any event, when someone has bitten off more than he can chew, he has promised himself or others to do a task that ...
