to (over-egg) the pudding
01
to make something more complicated than it needs to be
Dialect
British
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Idiom
Informal
Exempel
The designer chose to keep the logo simple, avoiding the temptation to over-egg the pudding with unnecessary details.
02
to make something appear more significant, intense, or dramatic than it actually is
DialectBritish
BritishIdiomInformalExempel
She had a tendency to over-egg the pudding when explaining her accomplishments, making it hard to separate fact from fiction.
