bite off more than one can chew

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25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَضَمَ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا يَسْتَطِيعُ مَضَغَهُ (qaḍama ʔakṯara mimmā yastaṭīʕu maḍaḡahu) — to try to do too much
• Chinese Cantonese: 眼闊肚窄 /眼阔肚窄 (ngaan5 fut3 tou5 zaak3) — to try to do too much
• Chinese Mandarin: 貪多嚼不爛 /贪多嚼不烂 (tān duō jiáo bú làn) — to try to do too much
• Chinese Mandarin: 好高騖遠 /好高骛远 (hào gāo wù yuǎn) — to try to do too much
• Czech: ukousnout si příliš velké sousto — to try to do too much
• Dutch: te veel hooi op de vork nemen — to try to do too much
• Finnish: haukata liian iso pala — to try to do too much
• French: avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre — to try to do too much
• French: charger la barque — to try to do too much
• German: sich übernehmen — to try to do too much
• Hungarian: túl nagy fába vágja a fejszéjét — to try to do too much
• Icelandic: reisa sér hurðarás um öxl — to try to do too much
• Irish: is mó de bhéal ná do bholg — to try to do too much
• Italian: fare il passo più lungo della gamba — to try to do too much
• Norwegian: gape over for mye — to try to do too much
• Norwegian: ta seg vann over hodet — to try to do too much
• Persian: لقمه گندهتر از دهن (loqme-ye gonde-tar az dahan) — to try to do too much
• Polish: porywać się z motyką na słońce — to try to do too much
• Portuguese: dar um passo maior do que a perna — to try to do too much
• Portuguese: ter mais olhos que barriga — to try to do too much
• Russian: переоцени́ть свои́ си́лы (pereocenítʹ svoí síly) — to try to do too much
• Spanish: abarcar más de lo que se puede — to try to do too much
• Spanish: pasarse de listo — to try to do too much
• Swedish: ta sig vatten över huvudet — to try to do too much
• Vietnamese: liệu cơm gắp mắm — to try to do too much