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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ask too much" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing that someone is requesting an excessive amount or making unreasonable demands.
Example: "I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I think you're asking too much of the team given our current workload."
Alternatives: "demanding too much" or "requesting too much".
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To ask too much?
"I don't ask too much of life".
"And they don't ask too much".
When it is admired, we ask too much.
"I think they realize that they did ask too much of my brother and me.
So to ask for another win like that is to ask too much….
"The office said, 'Don't ask too much because she is sad,' " the maid said.
It is "Don't Expect Too Much," not "Don't Ask Too Much".
And Mr. Steward, the executive at Rootstein, said retailers sometimes ask too much of their mannequins.
To ask too much about the music becomes an act of intrusion, voyeurism even.
Just as hard is learning not to ask too much from them.
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