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X is biting off more than he can chew

  • 1 Б-204

    МНОГО НА СЕБЯ БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ coll, rather impol when addressed to the interlocutor VP subj: human to overestimate one's capabilities, exceed the limits of one's authority, act in a way one has no right to etc: X много на себя берет = X is biting off more than he can chew X is taking on more than he can handle X is getting in over his head X is going too far (in refer, to one exceeding one's authority) X is (way) out of line
    X is overstepping his bounds....(Я) взвалил его (баллон) на плечо... Пройдя первые десять ступенек, я понял, что слишком много взял на себя. Лет пять назад я мог пройти с таким баллоном втрое больше, теперь это было мне не под силу (Войнович 5)....I hefted the cylinder up on my shoulder....After the first ten steps I realized that I'd bitten off more than I could chew. Five years ago I could have carried a cylinder like that three times as far, but now it was too much for me (5a).
    (Нина:) (Мой жених) волевой, целеустремлённый... Много он на себя не берёт, но он хозяин своему слову. Не то что некоторые (Вампилов 4). (N.:) He's (my fiance* is) headstrong and purposeful.... He won't take on more than he can handle, but he's as good as his word. Not like some... (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Б-204

  • 2 много на себя брать

    МНОГО НА СЕБЯ БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ coll, rather impol when addressed to the interlocutor
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    to overestimate one's capabilities, exceed the limits of one's authority, act in a way one has no right to etc:
    - X много на себя берёт X is biting off more than he can chew;
    - [in refer, to one exceeding one's authority] X is (way) out of line;
    - X is overstepping his bounds.
         ♦...[ Я] взвалил его [баллон] на плечо... Пройдя первые десять ступенек, я понял, что слишком много взял на себя. Лет пять назад я мог пройти с таким баллоном втрое больше, теперь это было мне не под силу (Войнович 5)....I hefted the cylinder up on my shoulder....After the first ten steps I realized that I'd bitten off more than I could chew. Five years ago I could have carried a cylinder like that three times as far, but now it was too much for me (5a).
         ♦ [Нина:] [Мой жених] волевой, целеустремлённый... Много он на себя не берёт, но он хозяин своему слову. Не то что некоторые (Вампилов 4). [N.:] He's [my fiancd is] headstrong and purposeful.... He won't take on more than he can handle, but he's as good as his word. Not like some... (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > много на себя брать

  • 3 много на себя взять

    МНОГО НА СЕБЯ БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ coll, rather impol when addressed to the interlocutor
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    to overestimate one's capabilities, exceed the limits of one's authority, act in a way one has no right to etc:
    - X много на себя берёт X is biting off more than he can chew;
    - [in refer, to one exceeding one's authority] X is (way) out of line;
    - X is overstepping his bounds.
         ♦...[ Я] взвалил его [баллон] на плечо... Пройдя первые десять ступенек, я понял, что слишком много взял на себя. Лет пять назад я мог пройти с таким баллоном втрое больше, теперь это было мне не под силу (Войнович 5)....I hefted the cylinder up on my shoulder....After the first ten steps I realized that I'd bitten off more than I could chew. Five years ago I could have carried a cylinder like that three times as far, but now it was too much for me (5a).
         ♦ [Нина:] [Мой жених] волевой, целеустремлённый... Много он на себя не берёт, но он хозяин своему слову. Не то что некоторые (Вампилов 4). [N.:] He's [my fiancd is] headstrong and purposeful.... He won't take on more than he can handle, but he's as good as his word. Not like some... (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > много на себя взять

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