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Definition 2025

(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.

To try to do too much

Arabic: يَقْضُمُ أَكْثَر مِمَّا يَسْتْطِيعُ مَضْغَهُ m ‎(yaqḍumu ʾakṯar mimmā yastṭīʿu maḍḡahu)
Catalan: qui molt abraça, poc estreny, qui molt abraça i poc estreny pateix de poc seny
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貪多嚼不爛 (zh), 贪多嚼不烂 (zh) ‎(tān duō jiáo bú làn), 好高騖遠, 好高骛远 ‎(hào gāo wù yuǎn)
Czech ukousnout si příliš velké sousto
Dutch: te veel hooi op de vork nemen
French: avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre (fr)