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
Fruma	-	Yiddish
Robin	['rɔbin]
Neil	NEEL (English)	Irish, Scottish, English
Haamid	-	Arabic
Boniface	BAWN-ə-fays (English), BAWN-ə-fəs (English)	French, English (Rare)
Chile	KIEL, KIE-əl	English (Rare)