over the top
Meaning:
- excessive, exaggerated
- too extreme, overdone
- beyond normal, acceptable or reasonable limits
Example:
- The politician was over the top with his speech. Everything he said was exaggerated.
- The company had goneover the top with its projections of growth in the current year.
- The arrangements for the party was wayover the top.
- He wentover the top with the numbers in his report.
- He has a habit if goingover the top whenever he is out with his friends.
- The way the media covered the celebrity wedding was wayover the top.
- The talk was supposed to be motivating, but the promises made wereover the top and sounded insincere.
- In his quest to build a business empire, he wentover the top with his borrowings and finally collapsed when the markets were tough.
Origin:
The expression originated during World War I when the British used it to describe the army coming out of the safety of the trenches to attack the enemy across open ground.
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