| 单词 | to cut off more than one can chew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut off more than one can chew colloquial (chiefly U.S.). to cut off more than one can chew (and variants): to undertake something which turns out to be beyond one's abilities; to be over-ambitious in one's plans; = to bite off more than one can chew at bite v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > undertake too much to cut off more than one can chew1869 1869 J. E. Cooke Mohun ii. v. 112 ‘Old Jeb cut off more than he could chaw, that time!’ said a veteran afterward, in describing the fight. 1884 Muscatine (Iowa) Daily Jrnl. 2 May Being admonished by the State Department that he was cutting off more than he could conveniently chew, [he]..peremptorily ceased to be any longer a part of a diplomatic service in which merit was so poorly appreciated. 1928 N.Y. Herald Tribune 15 Jan. iii. 1/3 The first modern hotel [in Kansas City] occasioned derision of the reactionaries who thought the builder was cutting off more than he could chew. 1981 Boston Globe 27 Jan. 54/1 The Cambridge City Council cut off more than it could chew, it appears, when it recently proposed a series of tax measures aimed at..businesses. 2014 @smorts829 21 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Definitely cut off more than I can chew with this degree. < as lemmas |
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