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
Mikhailo-Ukrainian
JonquilJAHN-kwilEnglish (Rare)
AmramAM-ram (English), ahm-RAHM (Hebrew)Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew
Theutrich-Ancient Germanic
BobbieBAH-beeEnglish
Iuno-Roman Mythology