idiominformalC2to do something too much, or to be tooexcitedoreagerabout something:做得过头;过分激动;过分热衷I don'tthinkthere'll be more than sixpeopleeating, so I wouldn't gooverboardwith thefood.我想吃饭的人不会超过6个,所以我不会准备太多的菜。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesExaggerating & playing down
bloviate
blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
cartoonish
catastrophize
dramatization
dramatize
exaggerate
minimize
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over-egg
overboard
overdramatic
overdramatize
overembellish
overplay
overstatement
pile
proportion
stretch the truthidiom
understate
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go overboard| American Dictionary
go overboard
idiomto do or say too much because you are soenthusiastic:IthinkI wentoverboardcookingthisdinner– there is enough tofeedadozenpeople.(Definition ofgo overboardfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/go-overboard##