| 词汇 | be over the top |
| 释义 | Idiom be over the top informal if someone's behaviour or something that has been used or provided is over the top, it is more extreme than is necessary or suitable.I think pink champagne and caviar was a bit over the top for a twelve-year-old's birthday party.I know he was angry, but attacking the waiter was way over the top. be over the topTo be or be seen as excessive. A massive birthday party with princesses and pony rides is a little over the top for a one-year-old, don't you think? She hardly knew my grandfather, so her bawling at the funeral was definitely over the top. That movie was intentionally over the top, and I think it worked—especially when that guy fought the bear. be/go ˌover the ˈtop(abbr. OTT) (informal, especially British English) (of a person) do something in a wild, excited or extreme way; (of something) be unnecessarily extreme: They went completely over the top at their wedding. I’ve never seen anything like it!His remarks were a bit over the top. |
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