Example
“Adding a chat feature to a dictionary app is mission creep.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
bite off more than you can chew
Informal · CEFR B2
to take on more work than you can handle
feature creep
Neutral · CEFR B2
the uncontrolled growth of new features until a product becomes bloated and hard to use
boil the ocean
Neutral · CEFR C1
to attempt something impossibly large or ambitious, especially by trying to solve every problem at once
easier said than done
Neutral · CEFR B1
Something that sounds simple to do but is actually hard.
everything but the kitchen sink
Informal · CEFR B1
an excessive collection of things; nearly everything imaginable, included without restraint
for the time being
Neutral · CEFR B1
temporarily, until circumstances change
Source methodology
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