| When the fish is too large to be swallowed entire, the hinder portion will be bitten off and the anterior part allowed to float or sink. |
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| The MP in question now feels he has bitten off rather more than he can swallow, let alone chew, and is now back-pedalling frantically. |
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| You can see from another photo the tail missing from one of the seatrout, due to it being bitten off by a seal or a small whale. |
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| Paul and his father had been very close for years until that day at the beach when a shark had bitten off Paul's leg. |
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| As she lay unconscious, part of her nose, her mouth and chin were bitten off by her Labrador-cross dog, Tania. |
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| And I know you think you'll be back with Josh by then, but, at the risk of having my head bitten off, I'm not so sure you will. |
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| In 1722 the violinist Petit, a pupil of Tartini, supposedly as an act of vengeance, had almost bitten off a part of his thumb. |
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| Regrettably, uneven casting and some ragged ensemble from both singers and orchestra left the impression that they had bitten off more than they could chew. |
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| One sign of its whereabouts is a patch of the bank where the plants have been bitten off. |
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| Yes, it is a logistical nightmare, but bigger projects have been bitten off. |
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| In forest areas where game is not well suited to its environment, the young tree saplings have their tops bitten off by animals. |
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| Commissioner, you may have bitten off more than you can chew, but that is for you to decide. |
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| This illustrates the unsatisfactory nature of our debate, in which we have bitten off more than we can chew. |
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| What with arranging, producing, composing and performing, did you ever feel you'd bitten off more than you could chew? |
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| Sheriff 's deputies patrolled the coastline and recovered Lucas's bodyboard, which had a one-foot segment bitten off. |
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| A NIGHTCLUBBER had part of his ear bitten off during an attack in Newcastle. |
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| Some Lesch-Nyhan people have bitten off their tongues, and some have a record of self-enucleation — they have pulled out an eye or stabbed it with a sharp object. |
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| What is crucial is that, of the fourteen Essen projects, three have been completed, which means that the Council had at that time bitten off more than it could chew. |
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| However, on this occasion, Moscow, which has adopted a very aggressive stance towards one of the smallest European countries, has bitten off more than it can chew. |
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