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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.
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See also

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