Possible Clues:

• Stretch too far
• Exceed
• Push (oneself) beyond one’s capabilities
• Love father retiring before last supper - for everyone can bite off more than they can chew!
• Where to see river bird go too far
• Go to excess
• Get the better of Old Bill, taken in by backing of that woman priest
• Nothing against being human, do this every beat with wit
• Go too far removing tops on Dover beach, admitting resistance
• Recover a drunken husband? That could be to go too far