| 释义 |
over-egg, v.
[over- 27 a.]
fig., in phr. to over-egg the pudding, to argue a point with disproportionate force; to exaggerate.
1892Review of Reviews Jan. 8/2 It is possible to over-egg your pudding and M. Stambuloff is doing it. 1961Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 24/3 Mr Foot seems to have been ill served by his seconder, Mr Will Griffiths.., who is reported to have made the mistake of ‘over-egging the pudding’. 1976Times 2 Nov. 4/5 Mr Page, though remaining confident, wonders whether some of the recent [election] forecasts may have over-egged his pudding. |