fly too close to the sun

Meaning: (idiomatic)To become overlyambitiousorgreedy; tooverreachoneself; to reach for somethingunattainableorunachievable.1991March 19, Thomas Boswell, “BO LEARNS DISAPPOINTMENT”, inThe Washington Post:Did Jacksonfly too close to the sun? Should he have followed the Royals' advice -- the Royals' pleading, really -- that he play only baseball?1996March 3, Pamela Constable, “BACK TO YOU, GUILLERMO”, inThe Washington Post:Descalzi's friends at Telemundo worry that he is taking on too much, accelerating too quickly. They know he canfly too close to the sun-- and plunge into self-destructive indulgence.1998October 26, Steve Lopez, “To Be Young And Gay In Wyoming”, inTime:When powerful menfly too close to the sun, two things can happen: they modify their course, or they come crashing down.2009June 24, Linda Basch, “More women in finance, a more sustainable economy”, inThe Christian Science Monitor:Studies indicate that women are more comprehensive thinkers and less attracted to excessive risk than are their male peers. It seems we have reached a fairly broad consensus on the meltdown: Guys were the onesflying too close to the sun.2010September 24, Val McDermid, “Val McDermid's top 10 Oxford novels”, inThe Guardian:Although superficially I had nothing in common with his characters apart from studying at Oxford, I couldn't avoid all sorts of emotional identification with them. This is the quintessential novel of Oxford gilded youthflying too close to the sun.2015May 9, James Andrew Miller, “Inside the Shocking, Abrupt Divorce of Bill Simmons and ESPN”, inVanity Fair:In the end, one could say with minimal originality, but considerable accuracy, that Bill Simmons simplyflew too close to the sun. He miscalculated how much value ESPN put on him and on his unique abilities and talents.

Examples:

EN: Did I fly too close to the sun on my beautiful hot dog wings?
ES: ¿Volé demasiado cerca del sol con mis hermosas alas de perrito caliente?
EN: Once again, I fly too close to the sun.
ES: Pero tenemos que bailar. No puedo, Hal.
EN: Now Kyle, don't fly too close to the sun, or it'll burn your wings, an- and you'll crash into the ocean.
ES: Ahora Kyle, no vueles muy cercas de el sol, o tus alas se derretirán, y te estrellaras en el océano.
EN: All we can do is flap our little wings and try not to fly too close to the sun, et cetera.
ES: Sólo podemos agitar nuestras alitas y tratar de no volar cerca del sol, etcétera, etcétera.
EN: He told the young man not to fly too close to the sun or else the wax would melt. But the young man in his arrogance ignored the warnings of his father and he flew too close to the sun.
ES: Le dijo al niño que no volará cerca del sol, ...o la cera se derretiría, pero el joven en su ignorancia, ...ignoró las advertencias de su padre, ...y voló muy cerca del sol.
EN: He fly too close to the sun... and he got burned.
ES: Voló demasiado cerca del sol... y se quemó.
EN: Instead, you will fly too close to the sun, and you will choke and you will gag in a spectacular manner.
ES: En vez de eso, vas a volar demasiado cerca del sol, te trabarás y te entrarán arcadas de una manera espectacular.
EN: "Don't fly too close to the sun" he warned.
ES: "No vueles demasiado cerca al sol", le advirtió.
EN: - But I had to fly too close to the sun.
ES: Pero, no, tuve que volar demasiado cerca del sol.
EN: You know, if she'd spent more time reading than flipping the bird to gravity, she'd know that you're going down when you fly too close to the sun.
ES: Sabes, si hubiera pasado más tiempo estudiando que volando con alas de cera, hubiera sabido que se derriten cuando vuelas demasiado cerca del sol.
EN: ♫ Even if I fly too close to the sun ♫
ES: ♫ Aún si vuelo cerca del sol ♫
EN: Give someone wings, and they may fly too close to the sun.
ES: Dale a alguien alas y quizá vuele muy cerca del sol.
EN: And remember the story of Icarus, whose father gave him wings made of wax and warned him not to fly too close to the sun.
ES: Y recuerden la historia de Ícaro... cuyo padre le dio alas de cera... y le advirtió que no se acercara al sol.
EN: You fly too close to the sun.
ES: Vuelas muy cerca del sol.
EN: -Even if I fly too close to the sun
ES: - Aun si vuelo hasta el sol

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