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too much of a good thing
Idioms and Phrases
Too large an amount of a beneficial or useful thing or activity can be harmful or excessive. For example, The indoor decorations are fine but the outdoor Santa, sled, reindeer, gnomes—it's just too much of a good thing . Expressed in slightly different form even earlier, Shakespeare used this precise wording in praise of moderation in As You Like It (4:1): “Can one desire too much of a good thing?”Example Sentences
"Sometimes there is too much of a good thing," he tells BBC Newsbeat.
But studies over the past 2 decades suggest it may be possible to get too much of a good thing: Engaging in intense exercise over many years may itself tip the heart into an unhappy electrical state, giving some athletes a risk of AF as much as five times higher than nonathletes the same age.
Yet for all that breakup songs have to offer, it’s still possible to have too much of a good thing.
"It's a classic case of too much of a good thing," Kizil says.
When it comes to art shows, I don’t believe in “too much of a good thing.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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