Related Clues:

• Gild the lily
• Fail at moderation
• Lay on too thick
• Go to an extreme
• Go to excess
• Exceed the limits
• Take too far
• Belabor
• Go too far with
• Lay on thick
• Go to extremes
• Indulge to excess
• Gild the lily, e.g.
• Try too hard
• Burn, say