[Ads-l] overegged

[Nancy Friedman]

>From the British idiom "to overegg the pudding."

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/over-egg-the-pudding


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On Sun, Jun 23, 2024, 6:54 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> IMDb
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> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4873118/reviews?sort=submissionDate&dir=desc&ratingFilter=0
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> "[The] movie... came together beautifully into something which didn't feel
> over egged but like an honest retelling."
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> Overdone? Overwrought? Eggsaggerated?
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> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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