bridge too far
- overreachExceed one's capacity
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- failureLack of success
- ArnhemDutch city on Rhine
- militaryArmed forces collectively
gamble · hubris · defeat · miscalculation · paratrooper · operation · reckless · strategic · blunder · stretch · risk · bold · doomed · airborne · retreat · costly · folly · 1944
- Low Countries WWIIArnhem, Bastogne, Antwerp, Brussels, Battle of the Bulge
ambition/reach
bridge too farlow-hanging fruit
Readily attainable objectives
within reach · safe bet · sure thing · easy win · slam dunk
outcome/success
bridge too farcrowning achievement
Greatest success attained
masterstroke · home run · coup · triumph · mission accomplished