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bite off more than you can chew

Idiom Difficulty

Meaning

to take on a task that is too big to handle

Example Sentences

"I think I bit off more than I can chew by agreeing to manage three projects at once."

Related Expressions

sweep under the rug

to hide or ignore problems instead of solving them

beat around the bush

to avoid talking about the main topic

laugh off

to dismiss something by treating it as a joke

go public

to sell shares of a company to the public for the first time

runway left

the amount of time before a startup runs out of money

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