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Meaning of a bridge too far | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A step or action that is too ambitious; an act of overreaching.

idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

““Maybe we are seeing a similar phenomenon with NFTs — but it could be a bridge too far for people with collections in other media.””

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

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