大材小用 overqualified

(1) qualify “（使）有资格，（使）有权力”

(2) overqualified “（对某职位而言）资历过高的，大材小用的”

英语解释为if you are overqualified for a particular job, you have more experience or training than is needed。

例

Aren&39;t you a little overqualified to be delivering messages?

你来送情报有点大材小用了吧？

I don&39;t know. You seem kinda overqualified.

我说不好，你在这里真是大材小用。《绝望的主妇》

不自量力 overextend oneself

(1) overextend “把…做得过分，把…使用过头”

英语解释为to try to do or use too much of something, causing problems, illness, or damage。

(2) overextend oneself “工作负担过重，劳累过度，超过自身能力，不自量力，”

例

Maybe next time, don&39;t overextend yourself.

下次别这么不自量力了。

He&39;s right. I overextended myself.

他说得对，我是不自量力了。

不自量力 overeach oneself

(1) overreach “贪功致败，不自量力，试图做力所不及的事”

英语解释为to try to do more than you have the power, ability, or money to do。

(2) overeach oneself “不自量力”

例

Last year, we overreached ourselves a little.

去年，我们有点不自量力了。

The company overreached itself.

这家公司的做法超出其能力。