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In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety

Intricately or elaborately decorated or detailed

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion

Expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress

Full of life, spirit, energy, or movement

That has been described as greater or better than it actually is

Having a flamboyantly striking appearance or style

Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy

Having an intense or passionate interest

Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation

Feeling a sense of disgust or repulsion

In a state of wild excitement or ecstasy

Past tense for to oppressively cause someone or something to do too much work

Past tense for to work (oneself) overly hard

Past tense for to drive or work to exhaustion

Past tense for to express or describe in exaggerated terms

Past tense for to apply great and continuous effort towards work, a task, or a goal

Past tense for to damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use

Past tense for to work hard and for long hours, especially till late at night or the early hours of the morning

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Adjective

In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety

beside yourself

hot-and-bothered

throwing a wobbly

out of your mind

hot under collar

at the end of your tether

all of a dither

in a state of agitation

like a cat on a hot tin roof

on pins and needles

in a state of nerves

all of a lather

a bundle of nerves

in a cold sweat

all of a doodah

bricking oneself

hot and bothered

like a cat on hot bricks

discombobulated

discountenanced

with your heart in your mouth

waiting for the axe to fall

hot under the collar

like a fish out of water

terror-stricken

scared to death

having butterflies in the stomach

bundle of nerves

horror-stricken

with one's stomach in knots

shaking in one's shoes

frightened out of your wits

waiting with bated breath

scared out of your wits

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

anxiously waiting

nervously awaiting

sweating bullets

with bated breath

emotionally charged

tearing one's hair out

on the qui vive

having cold feet

apprehensive about

shaking like a leaf

emotionally defeated

at sixes and sevens

frightened to death

easily frightened

feeling anxious

restlessly moving

paralysed with fear^UK

tossing and turning

chicken-hearted

frozen with fear

paralyzed with fear^US

chicken-livered

heavy with grief

racked with suffering

overcome with sorrow

racked with pain

easily agitated

all of a flutter

champing at the bit

on the defensive

having cabin fever

mentally unsettled

having stage fright

having a funny feeling

in fear and trepidation

pushing the panic button

lacking confidence

lacking self-confidence

lacking in confidence

lacking assurance

not self-assured

with a steady pulse

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“She explains that animation was used as a tool to dramatize the passionate, hysterical, overwrought and angry elements of teenagers' lives.”

Adjective

Intricately or elaborately decorated or detailed

overembellished

over-embellished

excessively ornate

highly decorated

excessively ornamental

fancily decorated

with all the extras

with all the options

with bells and whistles

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“His account of his road trip has an endearingly amateurish quality, not least because of the author's penchant for mixed metaphors and overwrought prose.”

Adjective

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion

beside yourself

driven to distraction

out of one's wits

out of one's mind

at the end of your tether

hot under the collar

hot and bothered

not knowing what to do with oneself

out of one's wit

fast and furious

like one possessed

in a cold sweat

out of your mind

like a chicken with its head cut off

pulling no punches

hammer and tongs

knock-down-and-drag-out

untrammelled^UK

jumping up and down

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Adjective

Expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress

hyperventilated

not spontaneous

full of hot air

with the gift of the gab

circumlocutionary

having kissed the Blarney stone

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

having kissed the Blarney Stone

running on at the mouth

full of verbiage

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Adjective

Full of life, spirit, energy, or movement

fast and furious

hell broke loose

like Piccadilly Circus

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Adjective

That has been described as greater or better than it actually is

overemphasised^UK

overemphasized^US

sensationalistic

highly coloured

larger-than-life

out of proportion

disproportionate

attention-grabbing

over-enthusiastic

beyond the pale

hyperventilated

beyond all bounds

laid on with a trowel

overextravagant

blown out of proportion

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Adjective

Having a flamboyantly striking appearance or style

brightly colored^US

brightly coloured^UK

recognizable^US

cheap and nasty

recognisable^UK

bright-coloured

multicoloured^UK

multicolored^US

distinguishable

many-coloured^US

many-colored^UK

exhibitionistic

attention-grabbing

like an explosion in a paint factory

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

out of the ordinary

highly-coloured

richly colored^UK

twopenny-halfpenny

richly coloured^US

written all over one

brilliantly colored^US

brilliantly coloured^UK

in the foreground

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

under one's nose

right under your nose

multi-colored^US

multi-coloured^UK

many-splendoured

putting on the ritz

rainbow-coloured

rainbow-colored

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Adjective

Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

having got out of bed the wrong side

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

perversely irritable

confrontational

huffy irascible

easily offended

bent out of shape

foaming at the mouth

not best pleased

passive-aggressive

down in the mouth

having a fit of the sulks

uncommunicative

spoiling for a fight

have chip on shoulder

in high dudgeon

have a bone to pick

evil-intentioned

with all guns blazing

looking for trouble

blue in the face

beside yourself with rage

apt to fly off the handle

unaccommodating

with a long face

got up on wrong side of bed

having short fuse

hot under collar

bundle of nerves

having a chip on one's shoulder

itching to fight

ready for a fight

easily frightened

easily agitated

overcome with anger

at end of one's rope

hot and bothered

beside yourself

at boiling point

rubbed the wrong way

in a filthy temper

unsportsmanlike

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

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Adjective

Having an intense or passionate interest

very enthusiastic

champing at the bit

chomping at the bit

keen as mustard

ready and willing

infatuated with

as keen as mustard

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

enamoured of^US

waiting with bated breath

hankering after

full of enthusiasm

straining at the leash

chafing at the bit

extremely enthusiastic

untrammelled^UK

consumed with desire

very enthusiastic about

on pins and needles

on the edge of your seat

passionate about

enthusiastic about

favourably inclined

burning with excitement

jumping up and down

with an appetite

aspiring towards

overenthusiastic

dyed-in-the-wool

disposed to look on the bright side

over-enthusiastic

entrepreneurial

fanatical about

pulling no punches

desiring success

like a ball of fire

urgently requiring

bred-in-the-bone

in great need of

hail-fellow-well-met

full of determination

upwardly mobile

coming on strong

highly motivated

twenty-four carat

intensely competitive

fiercely competitive

stop at nothing

having killer instinct

bound and determined

with bated breath

looking on the bright side

like one possessed

hundred percent

through and through

without reservations

endeavouring^UK

looking forward to

keeping the faith

true to the end

head over heels

good-humoured^UK

good-humored^US

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Adjective

Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation

life-threatening

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Adjective

Feeling a sense of disgust or repulsion

sick and tired of

horror-stricken

knocked for six

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Adjective

In a state of wild excitement or ecstasy

in seventh heaven

jumping for joy

in transports of delight

wild with excitement

in a frenzy of delight

beside yourself

on top of the world

beside oneself with joy

as pleased as Punch

as happy as a clam

as happy as a sandboy

as happy as Larry

treading on air

like a child with a new toy

beside oneself with happiness

delirious with happiness

extremely happy

floating on air

thrilled to bits

in high spirits

deliriously happy

happy as a lark

happy as a clam

tickled to death

pleased as punch

in good spirits

without a care in the world

good-humoured^UK

good-humored^US

full of the joys of spring

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

doing handsprings

like a dog with two tails

filled with joy

blissfully happy

in transports of joy

in transports of pleasure

full of vim and vigour

bright and breezy

pleasantly surprised

in the twilight zone

burning with excitement

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Verb

Past tense for to oppressively cause someone or something to do too much work

driven too hard

drove into the ground

driven into the ground

put a strain on

put pressure on

exerted excessively

made demands on

exerted to the limit

knocked oneself out

imposed excessive strain on

worked too hard

made too many demands on

pushed to the limit

worked oneself into the ground

run yourself into the ground

made heavy demands on

pressed hard on

weighed heavily on

ran yourself into the ground

put great demands on

exceeded the scope of

exceeded the range of

exceeded the limits of

made severe demands on

made excessive demands on

bit off more than you can chew

bitten off more than you can chew

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“In Jerry's opinion, the government has to put up disciplinary measures against employers who abuse and overwork their staff.”

Verb

Past tense for to work (oneself) overly hard

overtaxed oneself

worked too hard

overburdened oneself

overloaded oneself

strained yourself

worked like a horse

worked like a slave

worked like a Trojan

burned the midnight oil

burnt the midnight oil

tired yourself out

wore yourself out

worn yourself out

overtired yourself

worked day and night

drove oneself too hard

driven oneself too hard

knocked oneself out

pushed oneself too hard

ran yourself into the ground

run yourself into the ground

burned the candle at both ends

burnt the candle at both ends

wore oneself to a shadow

worn oneself to a shadow

worked oneself into the ground

bit off more than you can chew

bitten off more than you can chew

drove oneself into the ground

driven oneself into the ground

overstrained yourself

worked your fingers to the bone

worked one's tail off

practiced presenteeism

exhausted yourself

overdone things

spread oneself too thin

overextended oneself

overexerted yourself

kept your nose to the grindstone

had too many balls in the air

took on too much

went to extremes

had too many irons in the fire

worked yourself to death

bitten off more than one can chew

stayed on the treadmill

taken on too much

bit off more than one can chew

gone to extremes

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“We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence.”

Verb

Past tense for to drive or work to exhaustion

taken it out of

tired yourself out

become fatigued

wore to a frazzle

run into the ground

worn to a frazzle

became fatigued

wore oneself to a frazzle

ran into the ground

wore yourself out

worn yourself out

wore oneself to a shadow

worn oneself to a frazzle

worn oneself to a shadow

put out of action

sapped the strength of

rendered infirm

drained of energy

become exhausted

saped your strength

sapped your strength

caused weariness

brought someone to their knees

reduced the powers of

deprived of force

removed the sting from

run out of steam

became exhausted

confined to bed

become depleted

confined to a wheelchair

got the better of

gotten the better of

ran out of steam

became depleted

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“My mother was always afraid I would overwork myself with everything on my plate, but I never did.”

Verb

Past tense for to express or describe in exaggerated terms

overemphasised^UK

overemphasized^US

overembellished

laid it on thick

blew up out of all proportion

blown up out of all proportion

laid it on with a trowel

made a big thing of

made a mountain out of a molehill

made a production out of

made a big thing about

went overboard with

gone overboard with

made a production of

made federal case

made a big deal out of something

made a thing of

made a thing about

got carried away

blew out of proportion

blown out of proportion

made too much of something

made a federal case of

made a big thing out of

stretched the truth

attached too much importance to

chewed the scenery

attached too much weight to

overexaggerated

laid it on with a shovel

made a drama out of a crisis

placed too much emphasis on

harped on about

laid too much emphasis on

blown something out of all proportion

blew something out of all proportion

romanticized^US

romanticised^UK

sensationalized^US

sensationalised^UK

piled it on about

laid it on thick about

overstated the case

emphasized too much

drawn the longbow

drew the longbow

drawn the long bow

drew the long bow

expressed emotion

laid it on with a trowel about

made a mountain out of

made a performance of

made a song and dance about

discussed at length

played to the gallery

played to gallery

laid too much stress on

chewed up the scenery

played on heartstrings

gone to extremes

went to extremes

gone over the top about

went on and on about

gone on and on about

went over the top about

gave someone a sob story

given someone a sob story

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Verb

Past tense for to apply great and continuous effort towards work, a task, or a goal

exerted oneself

applied oneself

made every effort

bent over backwards

did all one can

done all one can

worked like a Trojan

worked like a dog

leaned over backwards

leant over backwards

put yourself out

exerted yourself

pulled out all the stops

fell over backwards

fallen over backwards

broke one's back

broken one's back

worked like a slave

gave it your all

given it your all

worked your fingers to the bone

put one's back into something

dragged oneself

worked oneself to the bone

burned the candle at both ends

burnt the candle at both ends

knocked oneself out

kept your nose to the grindstone

worked day and night

ploughed through

made an all-out effort

ruptured yourself

kept your head down

kept nose to grindstone

made a great effort

proceeded laboriously

worked your guts out

tried very hard

made a supreme effort

worked fingers to bone

did your damnedest

done your damnedest

gave it your best shot

given it your best shot

pushed oneself to the limit

spared no effort

strained every nerve

overworked oneself

pushed yourself

busted one's balls

worked very hard

worked one's butt off

driven oneself to the limit

drove oneself to the limit

applied oneself to

went for the doctor

gone for the doctor

broken your neck

broke your neck

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Verb

Past tense for to damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use

Verb

Past tense for to work hard and for long hours, especially till late at night or the early hours of the morning

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