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/meh-TEHR-seh en kah-MEE-sah deh ON-seh BAH-rahs/

To stick your nose in something needlessly complicated, creating problems for yourself where there were none. In Spain this is the warning you get before you volunteer for something you can't handle.

Example

"I signed up for three projects at once — I totally bit off more than I could chew."

"Don't get involved in their argument — you'll only make things worse."

Regional synonyms:

Hacer demasiado por alguien que no te corresponde sentimentalmente, desvivirse por una persona que ni te pela. Anglicismo de 'simp' adoptado en redes sociales.