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a bit much en · NOUN

Etymology

Uncommon before 1920. Possibly an ellipsis of a bit + too + much

Meanings

  1. (informal, of undesirable behaviour, uncountable) More than is reasonable; a bit too much.
    • He says sometimes people even ask him for his autograph. But that's a bit much, even for Johnny Johnson. 1996 July 27, Tara Mack, “The Super Market Man; Johnny Johnson Is Selling Pride as Well as Groceries in Richmond”, in Washington Post:

Synonyms

over the top (a bit too much) · too (a bit too much) · OTT (a bit too much)

Translations (5)

es demasiado (More than is reasonable) · ru многова́то (More than is reasonable) · it esagerazione (More than is reasonable) · fr un peu trop (More than is reasonable) · cmn 有些过分 (More than is reasonable)