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chew on the scenery
chew on the scenery
To be exaggeratedly or flamboyantly melodramatic or overly emotional while acting a role, as for television, theater, or film. I hated working with him on that play—every night he'd go out and chew on the scenery so much that he was the only one the audience noticed! I love watching hammy actors chew on the scenery in bad movies.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Alfhard | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Mira (2) | | - | Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Polish |
| Oceanus | | - | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
| Josslyn | | JAWS-lin | English (Rare) |
| Helen | | HEL-ən (English) | English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek Mythology (Anglicized) |
| Saifullah | | - | Arabic |