over-egg the pudding

(British)

to spoil something by trying too hard to improve it As a director, I think he has a tendency to over-egg the pudding, with a few too many gorgeous shots of the countryside.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Halle (2)	HAL-ee	English (Modern)
Inga	ING-ah (Swedish), ING-gah (German), EEN-gah (Russian)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian, A
Trefor	-	Welsh
Ivet	-	Bulgarian
Abduweli	-	Uyghur
Paolino	pow-LEE-no	Italian