protest too much

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protest too much (literary)

if someone protests too much, they tell you more often than is necessary what they feel about a situation so that you start to doubt they are sincere

Usage notes: This phrase comes from Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

He constantly denies there is any autobiographical input in his novels, but does he protest too much?

See also: much, protest

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