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too close to the sun

too close to the sun adverb: in an overly ambitious or greedy manner.

Adverb

too close to the sun (not comparable)

  1. In an overly ambitious or greedy manner.
    • As she has shifted away from network television and into more roles in film, she’s taking notes from Hollywood greats like Austin Butler and Jeremy Strong and tried method acting while on the set of 2016‘s Dirty Grandpa. However, she may have method acted too close to the sun as she acted “totally...2022 October 10, Alejandra Gularte, “Aubrey Plaza Aubrey Plaza’d Too Hard Around Robert De Niro”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2022
    • Did Taylor Swift "girl boss" too close to the sun? Some fans are now debating the ethics of making and having that much money.2023 January 23, Michelle Elias, “Taylor Swift is on the world tour that’s tipped to make her a billionaire. Fans are torn”, in SBS, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023

Origin of too close to the sun

See fly too close to the sun.

Questions about too close to the sun

What does too close to the sun mean?
Too close to the sun means in an overly ambitious or greedy manner.
What part of speech is too close to the sun?
Too close to the sun is an adverb.

Words near too close to the sun in the dictionary

  1. too big to fail
  2. too big to jail
  3. too clever by half
  4. too close for comfort
  5. too close to call
  6. too close to the sun
  7. Too Cool
  8. too cool for school
  9. too far gone
  10. too good for this world
  11. too good to be true

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