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be too clever by half
vs
bite off more than one can chew
be too clever by half
bite off more than one can chew
verb
To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.
How often have the words
be too clever by half
and
bite off more than one can chew
occurred in a corpus of books?
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