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too much of a good thing

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Phrase

too much of a good thing

Somethingenjoyable orbeneficial which, nevertheless, becomesbothersome orharmful in large quantities or over an extended period of time.
- 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter I, inMansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] forT[homas] Egerton, […],→OCLC,page26:
  "If I must say what I think," continued Mr. Rushworth, "in my opinion it is very disagreeable to be always rehearsing. It is havingtoo much of a good thing. I am not so fond of acting as I was at first. […]"
- 1864,Anthony Trollope, chapter IV, inThe Small House at Allington:
  "I like a woman with spirit," said Cradell. / "Oh, so do I. But one may havetoo much of a good thing."
- c.1922,D. H. Lawrence, “Tickets, Please”, inEngland, My England:
  "That you won't either," said Muriel, "Two's company; seven'stoo much of a good thing."
- 2003 July 20,James Geary, “Risky business”, inTime:
  Household chemicals are about as personal as modern science gets. We are surrounded by hundreds of them every day — they're in our furnishings, our cosmetics, our vinyl floor tiles and plastic baby bottles.[…] Are theytoo much of a good thing?

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Chinese:
Mandarin:好的東西太多了也會厭倦 /好的东西太多了也会厌倦(hǎo de dōngxi tài duō le yě huì yànjuàn)
Dutch:te veel van het goede
Finnish:liian paljon hyvää
German:zuviel des Guten,des Guten zu viel
Greek:το πολύ το κυρ’ ελέησον το βαριέται κι ο παπάς(to polý to kyr’ eléison to variétai ki o papás, literally“even the priest is tired of too much 'Lord, have mercy”),το πολύ το κυρ’ ελέησον το βαριέται κι ο Θεός(to polý to kyr’ eléison to variétai ki o Theós, literally“even God is tired of too much 'Lord, have mercy”)
Hungarian:jóból is megárt a sok (hu)
Irish:is maith an tsáith an mheasarthacht
Japanese:過ぎたるは猶及ばざるがごとし(sugitaru wa nao oyobazaru ga gotoshi)
Polish:za dużo dobrego,co za dużo, to niezdrowo (pl)
Russian:please add this translation if you can

See also

too much pudding will choke a dog

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