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a bridge too far

a bridge too far noun: a step or action that is too ambitious; an act of overreaching.

Noun

a bridge too far

  1. (idiomatic) A step or action that is too ambitious; an act of overreaching.
    • Cloning was an interesting concept. Cloning body parts was again just man's search for immortality riding on the back of naive altruistic medicinal benevolence. But cloning a person was a bridge too far.2006, Adair Broughton, Crossing the Bridge of Infinity, page 40
    • “Maybe we are seeing a similar phenomenon with NFTs — but it could be a bridge too far for people with collections in other media.”2021 April 28, Zachary Small, quoting William Goetzmann, “As Auctioneers and Artists Rush Into NFTs, Many Collectors Stay Away”, in New York Times

a bridge too far meaning in Bengali

a bridge too far in Bengali

সাধ্যের বাইরে যাওয়ার কাজ

Origin of a bridge too far

In reference to Operation Market Garden, Allied airborne military operation of 1944. General Roy E. Urquhart, in his 1958 memoir Arnhem, ascribed the phrase to general Frederick “Boy” Browning. It was popularized by being chosen as the title of Cornelius Ryan’s 1974 book on Operation Market Garden and the subsequent 1977 epic war film.

Questions about a bridge too far

What does a bridge too far mean?
A bridge too far means a step or action that is too ambitious; an act of overreaching.
What is a bridge too far in Bengali?
A bridge too far in Bengali is সাধ্যের বাইরে যাওয়ার কাজ. See A bridge too far meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is a bridge too far?
A bridge too far is a noun.

Words near a bridge too far in the dictionary

  1. A boards
  2. a bob each way
  3. a boon and a bane
  4. a boon or a bane
  5. a breed apart
  6. a bridge too far
  7. a broken clock is right twice a day
  8. a buck is a buck
  9. a buck is a buck is a buck
  10. a buck's a buck
  11. a burnt child dreads the fire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: a bridge too far (page history and authors); a bridge too far (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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