OVER-EGG THE PUDDING

Meaning of OVER-EGG THE PUDDING in English

go too far in embellishing or doing something.

→ over-egg

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

OVER-EGG THE PUDDING — used to say that you think sb has done more than is necessary, or has added unnecessary details to make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUDDING — [A] n pudding
Interlingua English vocab
PUDDING — púdding
English interlingue dictionary
OVER — I. |ōvə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubari, ubiri, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EGG — I. ˈeg, ˈāg transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English eggen, from Old Norse eggja, from egg edge of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUDDING — ˈpu̇diŋ, -dēŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English; perhaps akin to Old English puduc wart, Low …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUDDING — (n.) Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.
Английский словарь Webster
PUDDING — ( n. ) Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PUDDING — — puddinglike , adj. /pood"ing/ , n. 1. a thick, soft dessert, typically containing flour or some other thickener, milk, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — /oh"veuhr/ , prep. 1. above in place or position: the roof over one's head. 2. above and to the other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EGG — egg 1 — eggless , adj. — eggy , adj. /eg/ , n. 1. the roundish reproductive body produced by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — I. ˈō-vər adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubar (preposition) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EGG — I. ˈeg, ˈāg transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse eggja; akin to Old English ecg edge — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUDDING — noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century 1. : blood sausage 2. a. (1) : a boiled or baked soft …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUDDING — noun any food or victuals. 2. pudding ·noun ·same·as puddening. 3. pudding ·noun anything resembling, or of the softness and …
Webster English vocab
OVER — adv from inside to outside, above or across the brim. 2. over ·adv at an end; beyond the limit of …
Webster English vocab
OVER- — [over-] prefix 1: so as to exceed or surpass "overachieve" 2: excessive "overstimulation" 3: to an excessive degree "overthin"over.ab.stract over.abun.dance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER — [over] adv [ME, adv. & prep., fr. OE ofer; akin to OHG ubar (prep.) above, beyond, over, L super, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EGG — [egg] vt [ME, fr. ON eggja; akin to OE ecg edge--more at edge] (13c): to incite to action--usu. used with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUDDING — any of several foods whose common characteristic is a relatively soft, spongy, and thick texture. In the United States, puddings …
Britannica English vocabulary
EGG
Britannica English vocabulary
PUDDING — pudding BrE AmE ˈpʊd ɪŋ —There is also a non-standard form !!ˈpʊd ə n , sometimes written pudden ▷ pudding|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EGG — egg BrE AmE eɡ ▷ egged eɡd ▷ egging ˈeɡ ɪŋ ▷ eggs eɡz ▶ ˌ egg and ˈ spoon …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUDDING — / ˈpʊdɪŋ; NAmE / ( BrE informal pud ) noun [ U , C ] 1. ( BrE ) a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — / ˈəʊvə(r); NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adverb , preposition , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of over …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG — / eg; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a small oval object with a thin …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUDDING — pud ‧ ding S3 /ˈpʊdɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OVER — I. o ‧ ver 1 S1 W1 /ˈəʊvə $ ˈoʊvər/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ofer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EGG — I. egg 1 S1 W2 /eɡ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old Norse ] 1 . BIRD …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUDDING — n. 1 a any of various sweet cooked dishes (plum pudding; rice pudding). b a savoury dish containing flour, suet, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EGG — n. 1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUDDING — n. 1 a any of various sweet cooked dishes (plum pudding; rice pudding). b a savoury dish containing flour, suet, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EGG — n. 1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUDDING — n.1 a any of various sweet cooked dishes (plum pudding; rice pudding). b a savoury dish containing flour, suet, etc. …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1. …
Oxford English vocab
EGG — 1. n.1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT /oʊvə(r)/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUDDING — ( puddings) 1. A pudding is a cooked sweet food made with flour, fat, and eggs, and usually served hot. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG — ( eggs, egging, egged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. An egg …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PUDDING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chocolate cake/biscuit/pudding etc ▪ For her birthday he made a chocolate cake. a soup/cereal/pudding …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OVER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EGG — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird lays its eggs ▪ The bird lays a single egg on the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUDDING — (SAVOURY FOOD) esp. UK, [UK] [informal] pud [noun] - a savoury dish made with pastry or flour which contains or …
Cambridge English vocab
EGG — (FOOD) [noun] - the oval or rounded object with a hard shell which is produced by female birds, esp. chickens, …
Cambridge English vocab
PUDDING
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EGG — See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE'S EGGS …
Slang English vocab
OVER — adj. run over run through or over all over bend over blanch over boil over bowl over check over come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OVER — I. adverb 1. from one point to another across intervening space sailed over to the island Synonyms: across, athwart, beyond, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUDDING — noun Pudding is used before these nouns: ↑ bowl Pudding is used after these nouns: ↑ bread , ↑ chocolate …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EGG — noun 1 of birds/as food ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ bad , rotten ▪ free-range , organic ▪ chicken , duck …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OVER — See ↑ ABOVE 1, ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ DURING 1, ↑ MORE 2, ↑ ON/ON TOP OF 1 ◆◆◆ • …
Longman Activator English vocab
OVER — adj. 25B6; preposition there will be cloud over most of the country : ABOVE, on top of, higher (up) than, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUDDING — 1) пудинг (печёный или варёный; традиционное английское сладкое мучное блюдо с фруктами и пряностями на лярде, яйцах и молоке) 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
OVER — prep. 1 above, on, upon, on top of, atop (of) She spread a tarpaulin over the boat to protect it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EGG — See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE'S EGGS …
Словарь английских идиом
PUDDING — сущ. 1) а) пудинг, запеканка б) брит. десерт, сладкое блюдо At lunch there was fruit salad, his favourite pudding. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OVER — 1. предл. 1) а) указывает на движение или нахождение над каким-л. предметом над, выше a flight over the sea ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EGG — I сущ. 1) яйцо to boil eggs ≈ варить яйца to beat eggs ≈ взбивать яйца to candle eggs ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUDDING — pudding.ogg ʹpʋdıŋ n 1. пудинг; запеканка hasty pudding - заварной пудинг из муки Yorkshire pudding - пирог из взбитого теста …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OVER — over.ogg 1. ʹəʋvə n 1. излишек, избыток 2. приплата 3. воен. перелёт ( снаряда ) 4. спорт. серия бросков ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EGG — egg.ogg _I 1. eg n 1. яйцо goose's hen's eggs - гусиные куриные яйца hard-boiled egg - яйцо вкрутую, крутое …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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