over-egg the pudding



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.
See also: pudding

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LÀNh-Vietnamese
Mirsad-Bosnian
Su-Jinsoo-jeenKorean
Spyridon-Greek, Late Greek
Mcginnis[mə'ginis]
Kristofor-Croatian (Rare)