Over Eggs

Sure, gender issues will be rather different with institutionalised polyamory, but he rather over-eggs the benefits of his preferred arrangement, which in his account has no apparent drawbacks (or homosexuals) at all. ❋ Nwhyte (2009)

Although the BBC does a fine job with Formula One, it is hard to escape the conviction that it over-eggs the pudding. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The underlying position on retailing looks somewhat better than the most dire predictions but nonetheless the headline in this survey over-eggs the strength of trading. ❋ Unknown (2011)

David Cameron over-eggs the pudding by impling that every single pound of the DfID budget is devoted to direct relief of human suffering Report, 28 May. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If, as she has done, a litigant flagrantly over-eggs the pudding and thus deprives the court of any sensible assistance, then he or she is likely to find that the court takes a robust view and drastically prunes the proposed budget. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But Morrison over-eggs his pudding: Barenboim was not humiliated when he couldn't come to an agreement with the Paris Opéra: he negociated £1,500,000 in compenasation, knowing too that he was off to lead in Chicago. ❋ Jessica (2008)

It's an overly ambitious number to keep in motion, and introducing new characters in the dinner segment seriously over-eggs the pudding, though the early scenes especially have an intriguing flavor. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Marcus Wareing's take on the perfect scone, which over-eggs the pudding with both self-raising flour and extra baking powder (a method also favoured by Gary Rhodes, I notice: these cheffy types never know when to leave well alone). ❋ Felicity Cloake (2010)

But Jeff, as he often does with regard to Google, over-eggs his argument to the point of absurdity. ❋ Ian Betteridge (2010)

He consistently over-eggs the pudding - as if terrified that, should his heart-tugging moments seem insufficiently sentimental, or his comedy insufficiently broad, his audience might miss the point. ❋ Unknown (2009)

James Murdoch has a point, though he "over-eggs" it, and the point is weakened because of the man who makes it, and the odious conglomerate that he represents. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But then she over-eggs the story: "A teenage girl under a cloud, Aisha ­finally did what any teenage girl would do. ❋ Unknown (2009)