over-egg the pudding idiom
夸大其词
to make something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is
We all know insurance claimants who have over-egged the pudding to increase their payouts.
It would be overegging the pudding to describe the system as universally popular. 将该系统描述为盛极一时,这未免过于夸张了。
Synonym: exaggerate
着力过猛
to spoil something by trying too hard to improve it
There are some great moments, but the writer tends to over-egg the pudding with metaphors and similes when all she's describing is a group of women getting through the day. 尽管纪录了一些伟大的时刻,但是作者不过是在叙述一群妇女打发日子的平凡事迹,不需要频频用隐喻和明喻来过度渲染。