to be too ambitious, to bite off more than one can chew; to overdo it, to exaggerate
eş: charger la mule, en rajouter une couche, forcer le trait, noircir le tableau
köken: Literally, “to load the boat”
to bite off more than one can chew (to try to do too much)
to bite off more than one can chew
çekim: geçmiş fàtto il passo più lungo della gamba · ortaç fàtto il passo più lungo della gamba
eş: azzardare
köken: Literally, “make a step longer than one's leg”.
Rusça 🔊 переоцени́ть свои́ си́лы
Farsça 🔊 لقمه گندهتر از دهن
alternative form of te veel hooi op zijn vork nemen
to bite off more than one can chew (to try to do more than one can handle)
çekim: geçmiş dei um passo maior do que a perna · ortaç dado um passo maior do que a perna
to get in over one's head, to bite off more than one can chew
çekim: geçmiş tog sig vatten över huvudet
köken: ta (“take”) + sig (“oneself”) + vatten (“water”) + över (“over”) + huvudet (“the head”)
to bite off more than one can chew, to overestimate one's capabilities
eş: walczyć z wiatrakami, porywać się z motyką na księżyc
köken: Literally, “to set out to [the] sun with [a] hoe”.
Çekçe 🔊 ukousnout si příliš velké sousto
Macarca 🔊 túl nagy fába vágja a fejszéjét
Norveççe 🔊 gape over for mye , ta seg vann over hodet
to be mindful of one's surroundings and circumstances to choose the right options
köken: Literally, “to consider the amount of rice one has in order to pick the right amount of sidedish”. Compare English don't bite off more than one can chew, German Man muss sich nach der Decke strecken.
İrlandaca 🔊 is mó de bhéal ná do bholg
İzlandaca 🔊 reisa sér hurðarás um öxl
cmn 🔊 好高騖遠 /好高骛远 , 貪多嚼不爛 /贪多嚼不烂