[Idiom] about "a bit too much"

[muriel28]

I would like some examples with this idiom. does it translate "en faire trop" ? and how to build this kind of sentence ?

[riverkid]

Originally Posted by muriel28

I would like some examples with this idiom. does it translate "en faire trop" ? and how to build this kind of sentence ?

Since I don't speak French well enough to offer any sort of translation, Muriel, let me just give you some examples.

Even when the amount is much too much, we often use "a bit too much" to be more polite.

A: [brings B three scoops of ice cream] Here you are. Enjoy!

B: Ohhh, that a bit too much ice cream for me. Two scoops is even a bit too much. If it's not too much trouble, could you take back a scoop and a half?

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A: Do you want a full glass of milk?

B: No, that's a bit too much for me. Please give me just three quarter's of a glass.

[Raymott]

As used by riverkid, this is not an idiom. It simply means what it says.
I'm not really sure it has idiomatic status.
However, there are some slightly less concrete examples of the use.
I can't stand Brittany Spears. She's immature and over the top. I'm afraid she's a bit too much for me.
Are you going to wear that purple top with the yellow stripes? Isn't it maybe a bit too much for church?

[riverkid]

Originally Posted by Raymott

As used by riverkid, this is not an idiom. It simply means what it says.
I'm not really sure it has idiomatic status.
However, there are some slightly less concrete examples of the use.
I can't stand Brittany Spears. She's immature and over the top. I'm afraid she's a bit too much for me.
Are you going to wear that purple top with the yellow stripes? Isn't it maybe a bit too much for church?

I agree, Raymott, it's not an idiom in the sense of the second part of 2, but it is idiomatic, and therefore idiom, in the sense of the first part of 2.


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idiom
2 : an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (as Monday week for “the Monday a week after next Monday”)

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