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over the line en · ADP
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Beyond the level of what is acceptable.
But despite being the first episode of The Simpsons to feature Marge’s naked butt, there’s nothing particularly risque about any of the nudity—if anything, the pitchfork-wielding farmer’s threat of “ass-forking” feels the most over the line.
2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “TV: Review: The Simpsons (Classic), “Natural Born Kissers” (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The Onion AV Club:
Coordinates
over the edge
Relateds
get over the line
Synonyms
beyond the pale · off the reservation