overegging

American directors and actors sometimes make the mistake of overegging Mr. Ayckbourn's comic puddings, trawling for easy laughs instead of playing his scripts straight down the middle and letting the audience draw its own conclusions.

The Portrait of an Invisible Man Terry Teachout 2011

Larry clearly really enjoyed cuddling the inventor's overweight wife and pretending he was her boyfriend to impress a hostile acquaintance, outrageously overegging the pudding by telling him: I'm going to marry her if she'll have me.

Curb your Enthusiasm – season eight, episode eight 2011

I fear this might be slightly overegging the pudding.

Film 2010: First night review Catherine Shoard 2010

I see what you're trying to say, but you're overegging the pudding.

Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009

I do think you're overegging the phrase "SNP blog" though, this has been an SNP blog from day 1 over 2 years ago and I only joined the party late last year.

CyberNats Jeff 2009

Peggy Noonan, Charles Krauthammer, and some of the honkers at NRO's Corner are issuing distress calls about the overegging of religion in the Republican primaries.

Revenge of the Magic Dolphins: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

Yes Evan - I was overegging the pudding when I said "almost every democratic advance".

Conservatives: Bogus and Negative Campaigning 2007 2007

I happen to agree with Dominic Lawson's views on this but to label him as some intellectual giant is overegging it.

How the Enviro-Fascists Are Trying to Close Down the Climate Change Debate 2007

At the same time, it is too long by 200 pages and often undermined by flagrantly purple throbbings, minor mistakes and portentous overegging.

NYT > Home Page By SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE 2011

At the same time, it is too long by 200 pages and often undermined by flagrantly purple throbbings, minor mistakes and portentous overegging.

NYT > Home Page By SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE 2011