too close to the sun in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fly too close to the sun"
      },
      "expansion": "fly too close to the sun",
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  "etymology_text": "See fly too close to the sun.",
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      "expansion": "too close to the sun (not comparable)",
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          "ref": "2022 October 10, Alejandra Gularte, “Aubrey Plaza Aubrey Plaza’d Too Hard Around Robert De Niro”, in Vulture",
          "text": "As she has shifted away from network television and into more roles in film, she’s taking notes from Hollywood greats like Austin Butler and Jeremy Strong and tried method acting while on the set of 2016‘s Dirty Grandpa. However, she may have method acted too close to the sun as she acted “totally insane” around her co-star Robert De Niro.",
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        "In an overly ambitious or greedy manner."
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      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "too close to the sun"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fly too close to the sun"
      },
      "expansion": "fly too close to the sun",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See fly too close to the sun.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "too close to the sun (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
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  "word": "too close to the sun"
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"too close to the sun" meaning in English

Adverb