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Meaning of too close to the sun | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

In an overly ambitious or greedy manner.

not-comparable

Examples

“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 insane” around her co-star Robert De Niro.”

CEFR level

C2

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

See also

too much too much, too many, excessive too soon toom-handed toot suite toot sweet