try to do more than one is able to do
undertake a promise one cannot accomplish
attempt to do something which is hardly achievable
to start or promise something to do more than one can accomplish
By accepting two part-time jobs, he is clearly biting off more than he can chew.
It feels like I bit off more than I could chew when I promised to complete this worksheet in one day.
I would like to suggest you that don’t bite off more than you can chew by accepting the job in Alaska while winters.
The anaconda bit off more than it could chew. It just killed a big cattle but couldn’t swallow it.
I am sure, she is biting off more than she can chew by promising to solve the difficult puzzle in few minutes that I couldn’t since last three days.
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