fly too close to the sun (English, verb)
expansion: fly too close to the sun (third-person singular simple present flies too close to the sun, present participle flying too close to the sun, simple past flew too close to the sun, past participle flown too close to the sun)
Senses:
glosses: To become overly ambitious or greedy; to overreach oneself; to reach for something unattainable or unachievable.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: flies too close to the sun
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flying too close to the sun
tags: participle
present
form: flew too close to the sun
tags: past
form: flown too close to the sun
tags: participle
past