go too far

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

Verb

go too far (third-person singular simple present goes too far, present participle going too far, simple past went too far, past participle gone too far)

1. (idiomatic) To exceed an unstated limit, especially a limit of acceptable behaviour.

   Synonym: cross the line

Translations

exceed an unstated limit — see also cross the line

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過火／过火 (zh) (guòhuǒ), 过火 (zh) (guòhuǒ)

• Czech: zajít příliš daleko
• Finnish: mennä liian pitkälle
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: exagérer (fr), dépasser les bornes (fr), pousser le bouchon (fr)
• German: zu weit gehen (de), es zu weit treiben
• Russian: зайти́ далеко́ (zajtí dalekó), зайти́ сли́шком далеко́ (zajtí slíškom dalekó)
• Spanish: pasarse (es), pasarse de la raya, pasar de castaño oscuro