bite off more than you can chew
英 /baɪt ɔːf mɔːr ðən ju kæn tʃuː/
中文釋義
貪多嚼不爛 / 不自量力
To take on more responsibility than you can handle.
常用搭配
- bite off way more than you can chew一口吃個胖子
- really bit off too much攬得太多
- take on more than you can handle不自量力
例句
- I bit off more than I could chew with three jobs.我接了三份活，實在貪多嚼不爛。
- Taking on both projects, we bit off more than we could chew.兩個項目都接，我們貪多嚼不爛了。