英式口語隨身學:Taking it Too Far 太過頭了

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【英文文本】

A: You know Mary is obsessed with recycling?
B: Yeah, I know.
A: Well, she told me that she’s going to tell people off who are using plastic cups at work.
B: No way, that’s taking it too far. She can’t do that.

【中文譯文】

A：你知道Mary關心環保吧？
B：恩，知道
A：就因爲這個，她打算去責備那些上班用塑料杯喝水的同時。
B：不會吧，那樣有點過了，她不能那麼做。

【口語突破】

Taking it Too Far 太過頭了

【釋義】

taking something too far：means to overdo something, to do something in excess做什麼事情，做過頭了，overdoing something.意思就是做什麼事情做過頭了， 反而造成了負面的影響。

【例句】

Parents just have to make sure they don't take it too far.
父母們一定不能做得太過火。