too much of a good thing

1. Too large an amount of a beneficial or useful thing or activity can be harmful or excessive. For example, The indoor decorations are fine but the outdoor Santa, sled, reindeer, gnomes—it's just too much of a good thing. Expressed in slightly different form even earlier, Shakespeare used this precise wording in praise of moderation in As You Like It (4:1): “Can one desire too much of a good thing?”

Example Sentences

Might too much of a good thing also lead to undesirable consequences in the economy as well?

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But instead of worrying about giving the audience too much of a good thing with a sequel, Feig plops another heaping scoop of melodrama onto the viewer’s plate.

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You can't have too much of a good thing.

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“On the other hand,” he added, “it can be too much of a good thing too quickly.”

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Too much of a good thing is no good at all.

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Related Words

• exuberance 
• glut 
• overkill 
• surplus 
• waste