Bite off more than you can chew
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 17To take on more responsibility than one can handle
क्षमता से ज़्यादा काम ले लेना
He bit off more than he could chew in the ninth week.
To bite off more than one can chew is ambition without a calendar.
Daily use: Zyada bite off kar liya.
जितना चबा सकते हैं, उससे ज़्यादा bite कर लिया तो मुँह सँभल नहीं पाएगा। उसी तरह जितना handle कर सकते हैं, उससे ज़्यादा काम या ज़िम्मेदारी ले लेना 'bite off more than you can chew' है।
If you bite off more than you can chew, your mouth is too full to manage. In the same way, taking on more work or responsibility than you can handle is to 'bite off more than you can chew'.
इसका अर्थ है अपनी क्षमता से बड़ा काम ले लेना। 'Overreach oneself' और 'overcommit' सही options हैं; 'within one's means' या 'within one's capacity' इसका उल्टा भाव है।
It means to take on a task bigger than one can manage. 'Overreach oneself' and 'overcommit' are correct options; 'within one's means' or 'within one's capacity' is the opposite idea.