"bite off more than one can chew" meaning in 英语

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bite off more than one can chew.ogg Forms: bites off more than one can chew, biting off more than one can chew, bit off more than one could chew, bitten off more than one could chew
  1. 不自量力,好高骛远 Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-bite_off_more_than_one_can_chew-en-verb-aB3sI01Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (不自量力,好高骛远): cut off more than one can chew
Categories (other): 英語動詞, 英語詞元

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