English in a Minute: Over the Top

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This is the bottom and this is the top. But what does it mean to be “over the top”? 

A: Dan, one of Caty’s pens is missing! 
D: She probably lost it. Besides it’s just a pen. 
A: No, no, no. It’s her favorite pen. First, we interview witnesses. And then, we dust for fingerprints!  
D: Don’t you think that’s a bit over the top? 
A: Dan, this is the case we’ve been waiting for!
D: We? 

“Over the top” is used to describe something that’s too extreme or requires too much effort for a situation. Some decorations or clothes are over the top. So is collecting fingerprints to find a pen that I borrowed!   

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