overboard

excessivement

Au-delà du nécessaire ou du raisonnable, surtout dans les dépenses ou les actions.

En anglais simple : To a greater degree than is needed or reasonable, especially when spending or doing something.

• Do not go overboard with the salt.
• We went overboard buying gifts.
• She tends to go overboard when planning parties.

Comment l'utiliser : go overboard with something (We went overboard with the decorations.); go overboard on something (He went overboard on presents this year.)

Synonymes : excessively

Contraires : moderately

Expressions courantes : go overboard, go overboard with, go overboard on

par-dessus bord

En passant par le côté d’un bateau pour tomber ou aller dans l’eau.

En anglais simple : Over the side of a boat and into the water.

• A sailor fell overboard.
• She threw the empty bucket overboard.
• Someone shouted that a passenger had gone overboard.

Expressions courantes : fall overboard, throw something overboard, man overboard

par-dessus bord

En franchissant le côté d’un bateau vers l’eau.

En anglais simple : Across the side of a boat, into the water.

• They tossed the damaged nets overboard.
• He threw the fish overboard.
• The crew dropped the broken barrel overboard.

Expressions courantes : throw something overboard, toss something overboard