over-egg the pudding

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over-egg the pudding

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verb over-eggs the pudding · over-egging the pudding · over-egged the pudding · overegg the pudding

intransitive To embellish too much; to exaggerate. But hard riding men, in strange countries, are apt now and then to over-egg the pudding, as the Yorkshire landlord told his Grace of Cleveland.
Similar: gild the lily

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@misc{over_egg_the_pudding_2026,
  title = {over-egg the pudding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/over-egg%20the%20pudding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}