bite off more than you can chew
英 /baɪt ɔːf mɔːr ðən ju kæn tʃuː/
中文释义
贪多嚼不烂 / 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一口吃个胖子
- really bit off too much揽得太多
- 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，实在贪多嚼不烂。
- Taking on both projects, we bit off more than we could chew.两个项目都接，我们贪多嚼不烂了。