too much of a good thing

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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?”

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too much of a good thing

To be sure, investors might be worrying about too much of a good thing.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025

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.

From Salon ● May 3, 2025

"Sometimes there is too much of a good thing," he tells BBC Newsbeat.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024

Local commerce was robust—too robust in some cases: a sign reading please wash at home awaited customers of a Norfolk Laundromat enjoying too much of a good thing.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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