over-eggs

Although the BBC does a fine job with Formula One, it is hard to escape the conviction that it over-eggs the pudding.

Stuart Pearce as heir apparent? He was hardly coach apparent | Richard Williams 2011

David Cameron over-eggs the pudding by impling that every single pound of the DfID budget is devoted to direct relief of human suffering Report, 28 May.

Letters: Pause for thought on aid and BBC funding 2011

Although the BBC does a fine job with Formula One, it is hard to escape the conviction that it over-eggs the pudding.

Stuart Pearce as heir apparent? He was hardly coach apparent | Richard Williams 2011

The underlying position on retailing looks somewhat better than the most dire predictions but nonetheless the headline in this survey over-eggs the strength of trading.

Consumer confidence falls to post-recession low 2011

Sure, gender issues will be rather different with institutionalised polyamory, but he rather over-eggs the benefits of his preferred arrangement, which in his account has no apparent drawbacks (or homosexuals) at all.

Linkspam for 13-7-2009 nwhyte 2009

If, as she has done, a litigant flagrantly over-eggs the pudding and thus deprives the court of any sensible assistance, then he or she is likely to find that the court takes a robust view and drastically prunes the proposed budget.

Liar, Liar… « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2008

But Morrison over-eggs his pudding: Barenboim was not humiliated when he couldn't come to an agreement with the Paris Opéra: he negociated £1,500,000 in compenasation, knowing too that he was off to lead in Chicago.

Bravo Barenboim Jessica 2008

It's an overly ambitious number to keep in motion, and introducing new characters in the dinner segment seriously over-eggs the pudding, though the early scenes especially have an intriguing flavor.

Variety.com 2010

Marcus Wareing's take on the perfect scone, which over-eggs the pudding with both self-raising flour and extra baking powder (a method also favoured by Gary Rhodes, I notice: these cheffy types never know when to leave well alone).

Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Felicity Cloake 2010

Marcus Wareing's take on the perfect scone, which over-eggs the pudding with both self-raising flour and extra baking powder (a method also favoured by Gary Rhodes, I notice: these cheffy types never know when to leave well alone).

Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Felicity Cloake 2010