Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.

    I think I bit off more than I could chew when I agreed to paint this house by myself.

    sich übernehmen

    переоцени́ть свои́ си́лыpereocenítʹ svoí síly

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Tom has bitten off more than he can chew.

    ruТом откусил больше, чем может прожевать. — sharptoothed

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  2. You've bitten off more than you can chew.

    ruТы откусил больше, чем смог проглотить. — marafon

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  3. Don't bite off more than you can chew.

    ruНе откусывай больше, чем сможешь проглотить. — Ooneykcall

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  4. He's bitten off more than he can chew.

    deEr hat zu viel Heu auf die Gabel genommen. — Esperantostern

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  5. You can bite off more than you can chew.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to try to do too much:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to try to do too much:

Forms

bites off more than one can chew, biting off more than one can chew, bit off more than one could chew, bitten off more than one could chew
Base formbite off more than one can chew · to bite off more than one can chew
3rd person singularbites off more than one can chew
Present participlebiting off more than one can chew
Past simplebit off more than one could chew
Past participlebitten off more than one could chew

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybite off more than one can chew
he, she, itbites off more than one can chew

Past simpleLesson

all personsbit off more than one could chew

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bitten off more than one could chew
he, she, ithas bitten off more than one could chew

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bite off more than one can chew

Synonyms

1 synonyms
cut off more than one can chew

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bitcoinbiteA2biterbitterB1
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