to (over-egg) the pudding
01
to make something more complicated than it needs to be
Dialect
British
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idiom
informal
예시들
We do n't need a committee, a form, and a weekly report; that over-eggs the pudding.
02
to make something appear more significant, intense, or dramatic than it actually is
DialectBritish
Britishidiom
informal
예시들
She had a tendency to over-egg the pudding when explaining her accomplishments, making it hard to separate fact from fiction.
