go overboard

Meaning: To exceed reasonable limits; to do something to an excessive, unrestrained, or reckless degree.

Example: “We said a small birthday party, but Mom went overboard with three cakes.”

Equivalents in other languages

Portuguese: Enfiar o pé na jaca Literally: To stick your foot in the jackfruit
Ukrainian: Передати куті меду (Peredaty kuti medu) Literally: To put too much honey in the kutia

Origin: From the literal image of falling out of a boat and into the sea—a dramatic, irreversible loss of moderation.

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