too close to the sun

English

Etymology

See fly too close to the sun.

Adverb

too close to the sun (not comparable)

1. In an overly ambitious or greedy manner.
   • 2022 October 10, Alejandra Gularte, “Aubrey Plaza Aubrey Plaza’d Too Hard Around Robert De Niro”, in Vulture‎^[1]:

     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.