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2009년 4월 20일 월요일

over the top

over the top :
1. Fig. having gained more than one's goal. 
  • Our fund-raising campaign went over the top by $3,000
  • We didn't go over the top. We didn't even get half of what we set out to collect.
2. Fig. outrageously overdone. 
  • The comedy sketch was so over-the-top that most of the audience was embarrassed.
over the top:
too extreme 
  • To blame one person for the collapse of the business seems way over the top
  • I listened to her speech, and some of her language was just over the top.

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