OVER-EGG THE PUDDING

Meaning of OVER-EGG THE PUDDING in English

used to say that you think sb has done more than is necessary, or has added unnecessary details to make sth seem better or worse than it really is :

If you're telling lies, keep it simple—never over-egg the pudding.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

OVER-EGG THE PUDDING — go too far in embellishing or doing something. → over-egg
Concise Oxford English vocab
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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