Examples of use:
“That said, the composer might be more likely to win over listeners to his cause if he didn’t always have to over-egg the pudding with his programme notes.”
“I don’t want to over-egg the pudding. Roman coins and pottery do turn up widely across Britain, even in modest rural farmsteads. But there’s a galactic difference in proportionate quality and quantity compared to what we find in forts and towns.”
“Perhaps that’s a good thing, given the way Hollywood screenwriters habitually over-egg the pudding with preposterous special effects-laden set pieces when writing for the cinema.”
This phrase relates to baking; just as too much egg in a pudding can make it too rich or prevent it from setting, other things can be spoiled if they are done to excess. [1]
[1] “over-egg the pudding” in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Oxford University Press, 2005.
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