overkill
n[U]
(usu fig 通常作比喻) much greater amount than is needed to defeat sb/sth or achieve sth (为战胜某人[某事物]或达到某目的之)过火行动
It was surely overkill to screen three interviews on the same subject in one evening. 一晚放映三个同一主题的访问记实, 真是小题大做.
🗣️ 情景例句
People don't ask unmarried people Why are you single?.
人们不会问未婚的人“你为什么不结婚?”。
He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
谁负担费用,谁加以控制。
I shall be happy to give up my part of Shylock's money.