YOU SAID:
One thing was leading to the next I bit off more than I could chew
INTO JAPANESE
彼はできもしないことに手を出した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He bit off more than he could chew.
INTO JAPANESE
彼はできもしないことに手を出した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He bit off more than he could chew.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.