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when the invaders outnumber the defenses and nobody planned for that

means to spread over and occupy a place in numbers greater than expected, or to exceed a limit, especially of time or cost.

from from old english ofer (over) plus rinnan (to run) — literally to run over something, first used of armies flooding conquered land before it drifted into budgets and blackberry bushes.

for instance

kudzu in the southvine planted in 1930s now blankets 7 million acres

sydney opera housebudgeted at 7 million, finished at 102 million

cane toads australiaintroduced 1935, now over 200 million strong

boston big digcost overrun from 2.8 billion to 14.6 billion

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