Идиома "Bite off more than you can chew" с переводом
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История
Фраза "bite off more than you can chew" возникла в США в XIX веке, из образа человека, откусившего кусок еды больше, чем способен проглотить.Значение
Идиома описывает переоценку своих сил, когда кто-то берётся за непосильное дело, часто приводящее к失敗у или стрессу.Стиль и аналоги
Выражение разговорное, с лёгкой критикой. Русский аналог — "взять больше, чем можешь унести" или "загребать жар чужими руками". Пример: "He bit off more than he could chew with that project."Культурный аспект
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He bit off more than he could chew.
Он взял больше, чем мог унести.
Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
Не бери больше, чем можешь унести.
She bit off more than she could chew.
Она взяла больше, чем могла унести.
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Другие английские идиомы на букву B
- B&B
- B&E
- BA
- Back and forth
- Back down
- Back down (from someone or something)
- Back in circulation
- Back of beyond
- Back on one's feet
- Back out (of something)
- Back the wrong horse
- Back to basics
- Back to square one
- Back to the drawing board
- Back to the salt mines
- Back up (someone or something)
- Back-to-back
- Bad blood (between people)
- Bad egg
- Bad hair day
- Bad-mouth (someone or something)
- Bad/rotten apple
- Badger (someone)
- Bag of tricks
- Bail (someone or something) out
- Bail (someone) out
- Bail a company out
- Bail out (of something)
- Balance the books/accounts
- Ball is in (someone's) court
- Ball of fire
- Ball park figure/estimate
- Ballpark estimate/figure
- Balls of one's feet
- Bang for the buck
- Bang/beat one's head against the wall
- Bank on (someone or something)
- Banker's hours
- Bankroll someone
- Baptism of fire
- Bare bones (of something)
- Bargain for (something)
- Bargain on (something)
- Barge in on (someone or something)
- Bark is worse than one's bite
- Bark up the wrong tree
- Base one's opinion on (something)
- Bat a thousand
- Bat out of hell
- Bats in the belfry
- Batten down the hatches
- Bawl out (someone)
- Be a new one on (someone)
- Be all ears
- Be all things to all people
- Be at one's wit's end
- Be cricket
- Be curtains for (someone or something)
- Be dealt a bad hand/deal someone a bad hand
- Be game
- Be hand in hand
- Be into (something)
- Be laid up
- Be of the persuasion that (something) is so
- Be off
- Be off on the wrong foot
- Be off to a bad start
- Be that as it may
- Be the case
- Be the death of (someone)
- Be to blame
- Be/have something going for (one)
- Bean counter
- Bear (someone or something) in mind
- Bear (something) out
- Bear fruit
- Bear in mind
- Bear one's cross
- Bear the brunt of (something)
- Bear with (someone or something)
- Bear witness (to something)
- Bear/hold a grudge (against someone)
- Beat (someone) to the punch/draw
- Beat (something) into (someone's) head
- Beat a hasty retreat
- Beat a path to (someone's) door
- Beat around the bush
- Beat one's brains out
- Beat one's head against the wall
- Beat the clock
- Beat the gun
- Beat the living daylights out of (someone)
- Beat the rap
- Beat the tar out of (someone)
- Beat up (someone)
- Becoming on/to (someone)
- Beef up (something)
- Before long
- Beg the question
- Beg to differ with (someone)
- Begin to see the light
- Behind (someone's) back
- Behind closed doors
- Behind in/on (something)
- Behind one's back
- Behind schedule
- Behind the eight ball
- Behind the scenes
- Behind the times
- Belabor the point
- Believe one's ears
- Believe one's eyes
- Below average
- Below par
- Belt (something) out
- Bend (someone's) ear
- Bend over backwards (to do something)
- Bent on doing (something)
- Beside oneself (with something)
- Beside the point
- Best bib and tucker
- Best-laid plans of mice and men
- Best/better part of (something)
- Bet on the wrong horse
- Bet one's boots
- Bet one's bottom dollar
- Better off
- Between a rock and a hard place
- Between the devil and the deep blue sea
- Betwixt and between
- Beyond a reasonable doubt
- Beyond a shadow of a doubt
- Beyond measure
- Beyond one's depth
- Beyond one's means
- Beyond the pale
- Beyond words
- Bid adieu to (someone or something)
- Bide one's time
- Big cheese
- Big cheese/gun/wheel
- Big enchilada
- Big fish in a small pond
- Big frog/fish in a small pond
- Big of (someone)
- Big shot
- Bigmouth
- Bigwig
- Binge and purge
- Bird brain
- Bird in hand is worth two in the bush
- Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- Birds and bees
- Birds of a feather flock together
- Birds-eye view
- Birthday suit
- Bite (someone's) head off
- Bite off more than one can chew
- Bite one's nails
- Bite one's tongue
- Bite the bullet
- Bite the dust
- Bite the hand that feeds (someone)
- Bite the hand that feeds one
- Bitten by (some kind of) bug
- Bitter pill to swallow
- Black and blue
- Black and white
- Black box
- Black eye
- Black market
- Black out
- Black sheep of the family
- Black-tie event/affair
- Blackball (someone)
- Blacklist (someone)
- Blackmail (someone)
- Blackout
- Blast off
- Blaze a trail (in something)
- Bleeding heart
- Bleep (something) out
- Blessing in disguise
- Blind date
- Blind leading the blind
- Blood is thicker than water
- Blood runs cold
- Blood, sweat, and tears
- Blow (someone or something) off
- Blow (someone's) cover
- Blow (someone's) mind
- Blow (someone) away
- Blow (something)
- Blow (something) out of all proportion
- Blow a fuse
- Blow one's nose
- Blow one's own horn
- Blow one's stack/top
- Blow one's top/stack
- Blow over
- Blow the lid off (something)
- Blow the whistle on someone
- Blow to smithereens
- Blow up (at someone)
- Blow up in (someone's) face
- BLT
- Blue blood
- Blue in the face
- Blue-ribbon
- BO
- Body blow
- Bog down
- Boggle one's mind
- Boil down to (something)
- Bona fide
- Bone of contention
- Bone up (on something)
- Bonehead
- Booked solid
- Bookworm
- Boot out
- Bore (someone) stiff/to death
- Bored out of one's mind/skull
- Born out of wedlock
- Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
- Bosom friend
- Boss (someone) around
- Bottle (something) up
- Bottom dollar
- Bottom drops/falls out of (something)
- Bottom line
- Bottom out
- Bottoms up!
- Bounce a check
- Bounce something (an idea) off someone
- Bound and determined
- Bound for somewhere
- Bound hand and foot
- Bound to (do something)
- Bow and scrape
- Bow out
- Bowl (someone) over
- Boys in the backroom
- Brain (someone)
- Brain drain
- Brain teaser
- Brainchild
- Brainless
- Brains behind (something)
- Brainstorm something
- Brainwash (someone)
- Brand-new
- Breach of promise
- Breach of the peace
- Bread and butter
- Bread and water
- Break (someone's) fall
- Break (someone's) heart
- Break (something) down
- Break (something) to (someone)
- Break a habit
- Break a law
- Break a leg!
- Break a record
- Break camp
- Break down
- Break down (something)
- Break even
- Break fresh/new ground
- Break ground for (something)
- Break in (someone or something)
- Break into a cold sweat (about something)
- Break into tears
- Break loose (from someone or something)
- Break off
- Break one's back/neck (to do something)
- Break one's word
- Break out in (something)
- Break out in a cold sweat
- Break out of (something)
- Break the back of (something)
- Break the bank
- Break the ice
- Break the law
- Break the news (to someone)
- Break through
- Break up (with someone)
- Breakthrough
- Breath of fresh air
- Breathe down (someone's) neck
- Breathe easy
- Breathe easy/easier
- Breathe one's last
- Brew a plot
- Bright and early
- Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- Brimming with (something)
- Bring (someone or something) to its/their knees
- Bring (someone) around
- Bring (someone) into line
- Bring (someone) to
- Bring (someone) to heel
- Bring (someone) to terms
- Bring (something) home to (someone)
- Bring (something) into question
- Bring (something) off
- Bring (something) on
- Bring (something) to (someone's) attention
- Bring (something) to a head
- Bring about (something)
- Bring down the house
- Bring home the bacon
- Bring home the importance of (something) to (someone)
- Bring some new facts to light
- Bring to mind
- Bring up
- Bring up (something)
- Bring up the rear
- Broad in the beam
- Brown bag it
- Brush up on (something)
- Brush with the law
- BS
- BSc
- Buck for (something)
- Buckle down to (do something)
- Budget crunch/squeeze
- Bug (someone)
- Bug-eyed
- Build (something) to order
- Build a case (against someone)
- Build a fire under (someone)
- Build castles in the air/in Spain
- Build up (someone or something)
- Build up to (something)
- Bull in a china shop
- Bump into (someone)
- Bump off (someone)
- Bundle of nerves
- Burden of proof
- Burn (oneself) out
- Burn (someone) in effigy
- Burn (something) to a crisp
- Burn a hole in one's pocket
- Burn down
- Burn one's bridges behind one
- Burn one's fingers
- Burn the candle at both ends
- Burn the midnight oil
- Burn up
- Burst at the seams
- Burst in on (someone or something)
- Burst into flames
- Burst into tears
- Burst onto the scene
- Burst out laughing
- Burst with joy
- Burst with pride
- Bury the hatchet
- Bury/hide one's head in the sand
- Business as usual
- Busman's holiday
- Bust a gut (to do something)
- But for (someone or something)
- Butt heads with (someone)
- Butt in (on someone or something)
- Butter (someone) up
- Button one's lip
- Buy (something) for a song
- Buy (something) on credit
- Buy (something) sight unseen
- Buy a pig in a poke
- Buy a stake in (something)
- Buy off (someone)
- Buy out (someone or something)
- By a hair's breadth
- By a long shot
- By a mile
- By a whisker
- By a whisker/hair
- By all accounts
- By all appearances
- By all means
- By and by
- By and large
- By any means
- By chance
- By check
- By fair means or foul
- By far
- By fits and starts
- By hook or by crook
- By leaps and bounds
- By means of
- By no means
- By shank's mare
- By the book
- By the day
- By the dozen
- By the dozens
- By the handful
- By the hour
- By the month
- By the same token
- By the seat of one's pants
- By the skin of one's teeth
- By the sweat of one's brow
- By the way
- By the week
- By the year
- By virtue of (something)
- By way of (something or somewhere)
- By way of (something)
- By word of mouth
- BYOB
- Bite the hand that feeds you
- Burn your bridges
- Break the mold
- Back to the wall
- Bite your tongue
- Bury your head in the sand
- Back against the wall
- Back in the saddle
- Bad blood between them
- Be a couch potato
- Be beside yourself
- Be in someone’s corner
- Be on the same page
- Beat a dead horse
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Beggars can’t be choosers
- Better late than never
- Between the lines
- Birds of a feather
- Bite your lip
- Blow hot and cold
- Blow off steam
- Blow the whistle
- Break new ground
- Bring the house down
- Burn bridges
- Burst your bubble