Abstract Thursday - Shapes
So for my shapes I chose ‘arches’ then played around a bit with Brushstroke.
The saying for today is ‘bite off more than you can chew’.
The origin of the phrase 'bite off more than you can chew' is an allusion to taking a mouthful of food that is too large to handle comfortably. While cautions against taking on more than you can handle appear in medieval sources, the metaphor itself dates to about 1870. While cautions against taking on more than one can handle appear in medieval sources, the specific metaphor of biting off more food than one can chew is believed to have emerged in the late 1800s, particularly in the United States.
One suggested origin is related to chewing tobacco. People would offer others a bite of tobacco, and some would greedily take a larger bite than they could comfortably chew. Another possibility is observing children stuffing their mouths with food and being unable to swallow
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