你知道“贪多嚼不烂”用英语怎么表达吗?
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我们常听人说:贪多嚼不烂,欲速则不达,月满则亏,水满则溢,这些都在表达什么事情多了,并不好。英语中也有一个这样的习语,来表达想要做的很多,最终却做不到、做不好。这个习语到底是怎么说的呢? C: Hi guys. I’m Chris. J: And I’m Joy. Today’s idiom is: bite off more than you can chew. It means to try to do something that is too difficult or more than you can accomplish. You can use it like this: I bit off more than I could chew. / She has bitten off more than she can chew. / They are biting off more than they can chew. C: Let’s say you are eating something. And you put so much food in your mouth that you can’t chew all of it at once. I’m pretty sure this has happened to everyone at some point in their lives. J: Well...I beg to differ. C: OK. So just like putting too much food in your mouth, if you take on too many responsibilities you will overwhelm yourself and probably can’t finish what you need to do. For example, your IELTS exam is coming up but you are under ...
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