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bite off more than you can chew

to take on too much

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(idiom) to try to do something that is too difficult or too much for you to handle; to take on more responsibility or work than you are able to manage successfully

Examples

• He bit off more than he could chew when he agreed to work two jobs while studying full-time.

Nearby in Idioms & Sayings

add fuel to the fire, back to square one, ballpark figure, blow off steam, bury the hatchet, by the book