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too much of a good thing

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too much of a good thing
more of a thing than is good or useful. I usually take short vacations. I can't stand too much of a good thing. Too much of a good thing can make you sick, especially if the good thing is chocolate.
See also: good, much, thing

too much of a good thing
if you have too much of a good thing, something pleasant becomes unpleasant because you have too much of it I felt sick after I'd eaten all those chocolates. You can have too much of a good thing. All this attention she's getting could prove to be too much of a good thing.
See also: good, much, thing

too much of a good thing
too much of something that in smaller amounts is good We had hoped for a snowstorm, but now we have too much of a good thing and can't go out at all. Some people believe that the Internet offers too much of a good thing, specifically, free speech.
See also: good, much, thing


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It's adventure, I know; but there is such a thing as having too much of a good thing.
As soon as the violent swinging had quieted down somewhat, he said: "This is a bit too much of a good thing.
A number of eminent poets and essayists, in the course of the last few centuries, have recorded, in their several ways, their opinion that one can have too much of a good thing.
 
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