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put one's arm out further than one can draw it back again
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

put one's arm out further than one can draw it back again
  1. 1. 把手伸得太长,冒险妄为,自不量力

Examples

to put the emphasis on highway construction
注重公路修筑
Put the book aside for me.
把书给我留下。
to put one's tools away
把自己的工具收拾好
put some back into the work
全力以赴
to put an agreement down in black and white
将协议用白纸黑字写下来
We have put money by.
我们已把钱存放好了。
Put it down.
把它放下。
to put less emphasis on athletics
不太强调体育运动
the exact spot where I put it
正是我把它放置的(确切)地点
to put a business on a sound footing
把事业建立在牢固的基础上

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