go overboard

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Verb

go overboard

To fall out of a vessel.
Attach the buoys so they don't go overboard.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To go too far; to exceed reasonable bounds.
You can decorate the new room, but don't go overboard with surreal paintings.

Synonyms

(go too far, exceed reasonable bounds): get carried away, gild the lily

Translations

fall out of a vessel

Chinese:
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Finnish: tippua mereen
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go too far

Chinese:
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Finnish: mennä liian pitkälle, liioitella (fi)

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Russian: перегибать палку (ru) impf (peregibatʹ palku)

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