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be a bit much

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be a bit much

To be unnecessarily excessive. Julie's mother thought that it was a bit much to expect the students to stay at school until 10 o'clock for theater practice.

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be a bit much

if you say something is a bit much, you think that it is not fair or that it is more than you can deal with I think it's a bit much to expect her to play 3 matches in one day.

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