bite off more than one can chew

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bite off more than one can chew (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 bites off more than one can chew,現在分詞 biting off more than one can chew,過去式 bit off more than one could chew,過去分詞 bitten off more than one could chew)

  1. (俗語) 不自量力好高騖遠
    近義詞: cut off more than one can chew
    I think I bit off more than I could chew when I agreed to paint this house by myself.
    我覺得我同意一個人給這個房子上漆的時候有點不自量力了。

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  • 常用作忠告「don't bite off more than you can chew」。

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