[Ads-l] overegged

[Chris Waigl]

... or the custard

On Sun, Jun 23, 2024, 6:02 AM Nancy Friedman <wordworking at gmail.com> wrote:

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