Definition
This idiom means to do something in a way that is excessive or extreme. It is commonly followed by the prepositions “on”, “with” or “about”.
For example – “He went overboard on gifts for his children at Christmas.”
Clip 1
“Banshee” Season 2 Episode 4 (2014)
The female character is telling her brother that his new office is excessively big and overly decorated.
Clip 2
“Kicking and Screaming” (2005)
The wife tells her husband who is a children’s soccer coach that his behaviour was too excessive and extreme because he called the kids that he coaches “losers”.
Clip 3
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
The character says that he may have overpacked excessively on supplies.
Clip 4
Knocked up (2007)
One female character asks the other one if the party she has planned is too excessive for a children’s birthday party.