bite off more than you can chew
/ˌbaɪt ɒf ˈmɔː ðən jə kən ˈtʃuː/INFORMAL · C1
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貪多嚼不爛
字面意思: «咬下的比能嚼的多»
意思
to try to do more than you are able to manage
攬下超出自己能力的事.
例句
- 1With a full-time job and three evening classes, Tom has bitten off more than he can chew.
- 2Don't bite off more than you can chew — start with one small project.
- 3I agreed to organise the whole wedding by myself and soon realised I'd bitten off more than I could chew.
- 4Is Maria biting off more than she can chew by training for two marathons this year?
- 5The new café bit off more than it could chew with a huge menu and only two cooks.
文法
bite 變化形式:bit、bitten。you can 隨主詞和時態變化:more than she could chew。
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