bite off more than you can chew

/ˌbaɪt ɒf ˈmɔː ðən jə kən ˈtʃuː/INFORMAL · C1
SA FILIPINO
Walang direktang katumbas
Literal na kahulugan: «kumagat nang higit sa kayang nguyain»

Kahulugan

to try to do more than you are able to manage

Sumubok na gumawa ng higit sa kayang gawin.

Mga halimbawa

  1. 1With a full-time job and three evening classes, Tom has bitten off more than he can chew.
  2. 2Don’t bite off more than you can chew — start with one small project.
  3. 3I agreed to organise the whole wedding by myself and soon realised I’d bitten off more than I could chew.
  4. 4Is Maria biting off more than she can chew by training for two marathons this year?
  5. 5The new café bit off more than it could chew with a huge menu and only two cooks.

Grammar

Nagbabago ang anyo ng bite: bit, bitten. Sumusunod ang you can sa subject at sa tense: more than she could chew.

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