Idiom: Bite Off More Than You Can Chew

take on too much

Examples

• Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Key rules

• Bite off more than you can chew means take on more work or responsibility than you can manage
• It is informal and used in advice or warnings
• The phrase is fixed; keep "off more than you can chew"
• It describes overcommitting

Common mistakes

• Bite more than you can chew → Bite off more than you can chew