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#1 2008-09-27 22:12:42

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
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'bite off more than (one) can choose' for '... chew"

You’d think the connection between biting and chewing would prevent this; but sometimes not.

But, highly-motivated people often try to bite off more than they can choose, so the third option might work for you instead.
marketingblog.realestategrowth.com/archives/michael-mastersons-personal-productivity-secrets.html

There is a saying in the car business, “buyers are liars” 95 percent of the time they are trying to bite off more than they can choose. ...
townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f0cc009

If they want to do a witch-hunt of quacks and frauds whose claims bite off more than they can choose, sure thing …
magikel.multiply.com/journal/item/29/Lemme_Reiterate…

People who bite off more than they can choose deserve the foreclosure.
loanworkout.org/2008/01/emotionally-foreclosure-is-a-terrible-experience-for-people

Don’t bite off more than you can choose – go slow and start with books that are easy …
www.svcp.org/Study/Bible%20Helps.pdf

I have the tendency to bite off more than I can choose at times …
www.misscindirella.com/pg3.htm

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