Bite off more than you can chew humaanisha kujitwika jambo kubwa kuliko uwezo wa kulimudu. Hutokea mtu anapokubali kazi kubwa sana au kazi kadhaa kwa wakati mmoja, kisha akagundua hawezi kuzimudu. Picha halisi ya kuuma chakula kingi kuliko unavyoweza kutafuna husaidia kukumbuka maana. Msemo ni wa kimazungumzo na unafaa katika IELTS Speaking; katika insha, take on too much inafaa zaidi.
Ungesema bite off more than you can chew katika hali gani?
Tunga sentensi; tutakagua kama msemo unafaa katika hali hiyo na kupendekeza marekebisho.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
bite off more than + you/I/she + can/could chew; have bitten off more than + I/we + can chew
- I bit off more than I could chew when I agreed to organise the whole conference alone.
- Taking four courses while working full-time, Olga soon realised she had bitten off more than she could chew.
- Six cities in five days? I think we've bitten off more than we can chew with this trip.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaLast term I bit off more than you can chew and failed two exams.
Baada ya marekebishoLast term I bit off more than I could chew and failed two exams.
Kamusi mara nyingi huonyesha msemo wenye you, hivyo ni rahisi kuuhifadhi kana kwamba maneno yote hayabadiliki. Lakini kiwakilishi na wakati hubadilika kulingana na sentensi: I bit off more than I could chew, she has bitten off more than she can chew. Katika marekebisho, you can pekee imebadilishwa kuwa I could.
Have a lot on your plate pia inaeleza kuwa na shughuli nyingi, lakini bila lazima kujikosoa: I have a lot on my plate this week humaanisha tu una mambo mengi ya kufanya. Bite off more than you can chew inasisitiza kwamba mtu alikubali mengi kupita kiasi na alikadiria uwezo wake juu mno.
Zamu yako
Tom promised to paint the whole house on his own in one weekend, but by Sunday night he had finished only the kitchen: he had ___.
Onyesha jibu
bitten off more than he could chew — Tom aliahidi mengi sana na hakuyamudu, kwa hiyo alikadiria uwezo wake kupita kiasi: bitten off more than he could chew. Bitten the bullet ingemaanisha hatimaye alijilazimisha kufanya jambo lisilopendeza, lakini hapa kazi ilikuwa kubwa mno kwake.
Fikiria wakati ulipojitwika kazi nyingi sana kazini, masomoni au safarini. Andika ulikubali kufanya nini na uligunduaje kwamba usingeweza kumudu.
I bit off more than I could chew when I signed up for three online courses at once, and after a month I was behind in all of them.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.