Meaning: chew

tʃuːn.
a wad of something chewable as tobaccobiting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
v.
chew (food)

bite off more than can chew Idiom, Proverb

bite off more than one can chew

take responsibility for more than one can

bite off more than you can chew

begin more tasks than you can complete When I took the night class, I bit off more than I could chew.

chew him out

lecture him, scold him, give him hell (see give you hell) My sister chewed me out for taking her car. She gave me hell.

chew the fat

chat We stayed up very late last night chewing the fat about our university days.

chew the fat/ chew the rag

talk, visit, have a chin wag I'll go and get the wine while you two relax and chew the fat.

Saskatchewan pheasant

magpie, black and white bird Two Saskatchewan pheasants flew out of the bush.

chew

to be of poor quality, displeasing

chewy

a joint sprinkled with cocaine

chew sb out

Idiom(s): chew someone out AND eat someone out

Theme: SCOLDING

to scold someone; to bawl someone out thoroughly. (Informal. Used much in the military.)
• The sergeant chewed the corporal out; then the corporal chewed the private out.
• The boss is always chewing out somebody.
• The coach ate out the entire football team because of their poor playing.

chew the rag

Idiom(s): chew the fat AND chew the rag

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to have a chat with someone; to talk very informally with one's close friends. (Informal.)
• Hi, old buddy! Come in and let's chew the fat.
• They usually just sat around and chewed the rag. They never did get much done.

bite off added than (one) can chew

To booty on added albatross than one can handle. I bit off added than I could bite back I volunteered to administer three little alliance teams in one season.Learn more: bite, can, chew, more, off

bite off added than (one) can chew

To adjudge or accede to do added than one can assuredly accomplish.Learn more: bite, can, chew, more, off

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come to the same thing come to naught come into its own closefisted with money close the door on chip sth in chip in sth on chew the rag check into cause a commotion caught in the cross fire catch the devil catch one off one's guard bitch-slap bitchy bitchy resting face bite bite (one's) head off bite (one's) lip bite (one's) nails bite (one's) nose off to spite (one's) face bite (one's) thumb at bite (one's) tongue bite (someone) in the arse bite (someone) in the ass bite back bite down bite down on (something) bite head off bite in (something) bite into bite into (something or someone) bite me bite nails bite of the reality sandwich bite off bite off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face bite off more than (one) can chew bite off more than can chew bite off more than one can chew bite off more than one can chew, to bite off more than you can chew bite on bite on (something or someone) bite on someone bite one's nails bite one's tongue bite someone's head off bite someone's head off, to bite the big one bite the biscuit bite the bullet bite the bullet, to bite the dog that bit you bite the dust bite the dust, to bite the hand that feeds bite the hand that feeds (you) bite the hand that feeds one bite the hand that feeds you bite the hand that feeds you, to bite the ice Bite the ice! bite tongue