在烘焙时,给面糊里加适当的 鸡蛋 eggs 是烤出香浓美味甜品的一个小技巧。但假如面糊里加了太多个鸡蛋,烤出来甜品反而会变得不美味。英式习语 over-egg the pudding 做布丁时鸡蛋放多了 就用来形容这种 多此一举 的行为,也可以指 夸大其辞而致使不被信赖 的做法。
例句
Keep it simple when teaching1 grammar! If you over-egg the pudding with too much information, your students will not understand.
教语法的时候要简单明了!假如过分地填鸭很多的信息,你的学生们就没法理解你所讲的内容。
I believed you at first, but youve over-egged the pudding now! I know youve been working a lot lately, but it cant be true that you worked 22 hours yesterday!
我刚开始是相信你的,但你说得太夸张了!我了解你近期工作非常辛苦,但你昨天不可能工作了22小时!
This soup tasted really boring before so I added some spices, but I think Ive over-egged the pudding. There are too many flavours now!
这汤本来淡而无味,所以我放了一点香料,但我多此一举地加多了。目前这汤味道太杂了!