bite off more than you can chew

뜻

to try to do more than you are able to manage

감당할 수 있는 것보다 많은 일을 벌이다.

예문

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.

문법

동사 bite는 형태가 바뀐다: bit, bitten. you can은 주어와 시제에 맞춘다: more than she could chew.