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chew the scenery
chew 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 the scenery so much that he was the only one the audience noticed! I love watching hammy actors chew the scenery in bad movies.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Gurgen | | - | Armenian, Georgian |
Saki | | sah-kee | Japanese |
Ramesses | | RAM-ə-seez (English) | Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized) |
Itala | | - | Italian |
Peregrine | | PER-ə-grin, PER-ə-green | English (Rare) |
Amber | | AM-bər (English), AHM-bər (Dutch) | English, Dutch |