scenery-chewing

English

Adjective

scenery-chewing (comparative more scenery-chewing, superlative most scenery-chewing)

  1. That chews the scenery; excessively flamboyant or overacting
    • 2022 November 19, Caryn James, “Spielberg's The Fabelmans review: An emotional crowd-pleaser”, in BBC‎:
      When Mitzi's Uncle Boris (a scenery-chewing Judd Hirsch) visits, he is too on the nose when he advises, "Art will tear your heart out."
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