bite off more than one can chew

[bite off more than one can chew] {v. phr.}, {informal}

To try to do more than you can; be too confident of your ability.

* /He bit off more than he could chew when he agreed to edit the paper alone./

* /He started to repair his car himself, but realized that he had bitten off more than he could chew./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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