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"text": "I think I bit off more than I could chew when I agreed to paint this house by myself.",
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"To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing."
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"(idiomatic) To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing."
],
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"word": "dog that caught the car"
},
{
"word": "have eyes bigger than one's stomach"
},
{
"word": "grasp all, lose all"
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{
"word": "eat an elephant one bite at a time"
}
],
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"word": "cut off more than one can chew"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yaqḍumu ʔakṯar mimmā yastṭīʕu maḍḡahu",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "يَقْضُمُ أَكْثَر مِمَّا يَسْتْطِيعُ مَضْغَهُ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "qui molt abraça, poc estreny"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "qui molt abraça i poc estreny pateix de poc seny"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "眼闊肚窄"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ngaan⁵ fut³ tou⁵ zaak³",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "眼阔肚窄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "貪多嚼不爛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tān duō jiáo bú làn",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "贪多嚼不烂"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "好高騖遠"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hào gāo wù yuǎn",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "好高骛远"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "ukousnout si příliš velké sousto"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "te veel hooi op de vork nemen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "haukata liian iso pala"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "charger la barque"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "sich übernehmen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "fare il passo più lungo della gamba (propria)"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "gape over for mye"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "ta seg vann over hodet"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "loqme-ye gonde-tar az dahan",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "لقمه گندهتر از دهن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "porywać się z motyką na słońce"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "dar um passo maior do que a perna"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pereocenítʹ svoí síly",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "переоцени́ть свои́ си́лы"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "abarcar más de lo que se puede"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "ta sig vatten över huvudet"
}
]
}
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{
"form": "bit off more than one could chew",
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"word": "dog that caught the car"
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"word": "have eyes bigger than one's stomach"
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"word": "grasp all, lose all"
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"word": "eat an elephant one bite at a time"
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"(idiomatic) To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing."
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "yaqḍumu ʔakṯar mimmā yastṭīʕu maḍḡahu",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "يَقْضُمُ أَكْثَر مِمَّا يَسْتْطِيعُ مَضْغَهُ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "qui molt abraça, poc estreny"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "qui molt abraça i poc estreny pateix de poc seny"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "眼闊肚窄"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ngaan⁵ fut³ tou⁵ zaak³",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "眼阔肚窄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "貪多嚼不爛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tān duō jiáo bú làn",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "贪多嚼不烂"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "好高騖遠"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hào gāo wù yuǎn",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "好高骛远"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "ukousnout si příliš velké sousto"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "te veel hooi op de vork nemen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "haukata liian iso pala"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "charger la barque"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "sich übernehmen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "fare il passo più lungo della gamba (propria)"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "gape over for mye"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "ta seg vann over hodet"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "loqme-ye gonde-tar az dahan",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "لقمه گندهتر از دهن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "porywać się z motyką na słońce"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "dar um passo maior do que a perna"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pereocenítʹ svoí síly",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "переоцени́ть свои́ си́лы"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "abarcar más de lo que se puede"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To try to do too much",
"word": "ta sig vatten över huvudet"
}
],
"word": "bite off more than one can chew"
}
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