over-egg the pudding

Verb

Meaning

over-egg the pudding (third-person singular simple present over-eggs the pudding, present participle over-egging the pudding, simple past and past participle over-egged the pudding)

To embellish too much, to exaggerate.
Synonym: gild the lily

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

butter gild the lily

Antonyms

underact pudder

Close letter words and terms

over-education over-egg over-egg the cake over-egged over-elaborate over-embellished