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“Go overboard”in other languages

Overdo something.

  • English
  • Portuguese
  • Ukrainian
Behind the words

Same idea, different pictures

English goes over the side of the boat. Ukrainian puts too much honey in the кутя, the sweet wheat dish of Christmas Eve: something good, ruined by excess.

Brazilian Portuguese sticks its foot in the jackfruit, enfiar o pé na jaca, said mostly of eating and drinking too much. It probably began as jacá, a wicker basket a drunk rider kicked through.

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