| Be what you're not |
Newsday |
23 May 2026 |
| Overact |
Thomas Joseph |
11 May 2026 |
| Show a lot of feeling |
The Telegraph Plusword |
02 May 2026 |
| Do one's part, and then some |
Newsday |
01 May 2026 |
| Act with feeling |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2026 |
| Overact |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2026 |
| Ham it up? |
The Telegraph Plusword |
10 Apr 2026 |
| Overact on a stage |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2026 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Mar 2026 |
| Behave theatrically |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Mar 2026 |
| Overact |
Commuter |
05 Mar 2026 |
| Be expressive with one's feelings |
New York Times Mini |
02 Mar 2026 |
| Ham it up |
Premier Sunday |
01 Mar 2026 |
| Show your feelings |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2026 |
| Show feeling about tiny speck on note (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 Feb 2026 |
| Show much passion as endlessly downgraded |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Feb 2026 |
| Overplay a scene |
Newsday |
01 Feb 2026 |
| Twitch chat symbol, informally |
USA Today |
26 Jan 2026 |
| Show your feelings |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2026 |
| Ham it up |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jan 2026 |
| Be unbelievable onstage? |
The Washington Post Mini |
10 Jan 2026 |
| Project on stage |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2026 |
| Behave theatrically |
The Telegraph Mini |
24 Dec 2025 |
| Book returned with note to express feelings (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 Dec 2025 |
| Really get into a role |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2025 |
| Act dramatically |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Dec 2025 |
| Show feelings onstage |
New York Times |
15 Dec 2025 |
| Show exaggerated feelings |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Dec 2025 |
| Display feelings |
Universal |
08 Dec 2025 |
| Act too big |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2025 |
| Book returned with note to express feelings (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Nov 2025 |
| Be too theatrical |
Newsday |
14 Nov 2025 |
| Display feeling, often exaggeratedly |
The Telegraph Mini |
14 Nov 2025 |
| Show some feeling! |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2025 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Ham it up |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Oct 2025 |
| Returning English in my opinion behave theatrically (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Ham it up |
Universal |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Ham it up on stage |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Oct 2025 |
| Overact |
New York Times |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Ham it up |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Oct 2025 |
| Chew the scenery |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Behave theatrically |
The Telegraph Plusword |
27 Sep 2025 |
| Let it all out, in a way |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2025 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Show strong feeling |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Overact |
Universal |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Behave theatrically |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Behave theatrically |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Aloof, hiding head? Show feelings dramatically |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Jul 2025 |
| Behave theatrically taking top from TV control |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Be melodramatic |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Be overdramatic |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2025 |
| Overact |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Overdo it on stage |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Act too dramatically |
Universal |
20 Jun 2025 |
| Be theatrical |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Rage onstage, say |
|
|
| Express feelings onstage |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Act expressively |
USA Today |
01 Jun 2025 |
| Express anger or sadness |
Commuter |
28 May 2025 |
| Show feeling |
USA Today |
01 May 2025 |
| Chew the scenery |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Play for the camera, say |
New York Times |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Show exaggerated feelings |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Apr 2025 |
| Express with passion |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Act surprised, say |
|
|
| Express theatrically |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Overact on a stage |
Newsday |
18 Mar 2025 |
| Chew the scenery |
LA Times Mini |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Portray feelings on stage, eg |
|
|
| Ham it up |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Be overtheatrical |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2025 |
| "Protest too much," on stage |
|
|
| PlusWord No 991 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Imitate a ham actor |
|
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| Express exaggerated feelings |
The Telegraph Mini |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Express feeling |
|
|
| Book brought up with note to express feelings(5) |
|
|
| Book brought up with note to express feelings (5) |
|
|
| Act theatrically |
New York Times |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Overdo the acting |
|
|
| Act overdramatically |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Openly show feelings |
|
|
| Instant amid summer in France to show feelings (5) |
|
|
| Show exaggerated feelings |
The Telegraph Mini |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Overdo it in acting class |
LA Times Mini |
02 Dec 2024 |
| Overact |
Universal |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Aloof, not beginning to show one's feelings (5) |
|
|
| Act theatrically |
Universal |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Start off distant, then show feelings (5) |
|
|
| Wail when a whimper will do, say |
|
|
| Pour on the theatrics |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Portray feelings |
|
|
| Show big feelings on stage |
|
|
| Act theatrically and passionately (5) |
|
|
| Be overly dramatic |
Newsday |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Exaggeratedly show feelings (5) |
|
|
| Show one's feelings if stand-offish when beheaded (5) |
|
|
| Ham it up |
Universal |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Reverse in time to memorise how to show great feelings (5) |
|
|
| Say with feeling |
The Telegraph Plusword |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Overact with energy particle (5) |
|
|
| Overact |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Act dramatically |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Behave theatrically |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Act melodramatically |
New York Times Mini |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Show how you feel, obviously |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Express a feeling |
The Telegraph Plusword |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Be "extra" in a dramatic performance |
|
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| Express feelings when book is brought up by sweetheart |
|
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| Fortnite dance or action |
|
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| Reaction image in a Twitch chat |
|
|
| Overplay a role |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Overplay a role |
Universal |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Project feelings onstage |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2024 |
| Chew the scenery |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Overdo it at an audition |
LA Times Mini |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Show feelings |
The Telegraph Plusword |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Ham it up onstage |
Universal |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Overdo a scene |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Cry in front of an audience, perhaps |
|
|
| Overact |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Show passion |
The Telegraph Mini |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Ham it up |
Newsday |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Show feelings |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Perform expressively |
|
|
| Overact |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Expressive Fortnite purchase |
|
|
| Play broadly |
Wall Street Journal |
30 May 2024 |
| Ham it up |
Premier Sunday |
26 May 2024 |
| Display emotions |
|
|
| E-book about how to affect feelings (5) |
|
|
| Overact on a stage |
Newsday |
20 May 2024 |
| Overplay the French word with ease so to speak (5) |
|
|
| Express one's feelings (5) |
|
|
| Show exaggerated feelings, be distant, and lose head (5) |
|
|
| Overdo it on stage |
Newsday |
12 May 2024 |
| Ham it up on stage |
LA Times Mini |
08 May 2024 |
| Overplay a role |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Overact |
Universal |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Overplay a role |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Overact, say |
|
|
| Show one's feelings |
New York Times Mini |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Overact |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Let one's feelings out |
|
|
| Ham it up |
Universal |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Be melodramatic |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Ham it up, perhaps |
|
|
| Used to express tone in a video game |
|
|
| Exaggerate feelings (theatrically) (5) |
|
|
| Do some not-sosubtle acting |
|
|
| Do some not-so-subtle acting |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2024 |
| *What actors do |
|
|
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Feb 2024 |
| Portray broadly |
|
|
| Ham it up at an audition |
LA Times Mini |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Overact |
Commuter |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Overact on stage |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Overplay a scene |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Reaction in a Twitch chat |
|
|
| Overact |
Commuter |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Shed crocodile tears, e.g. |
|
|
| Behave theatrically, aloof right away (5) |
|
|
| Behave theatrically, aloof right away |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Dramatise |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Openly show feelings |
|
|
| Be a drama queen |
Commuter |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Show how you feel, especially onstage (5) |
|
|
| Overdo one's part |
Newsday |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Dec 2023 |
| Ham it up |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Overact |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Overplay a scene |
Newsday |
25 Oct 2023 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Oct 2023 |
| Ham it up on stage |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Oct 2023 |
| Act badly, in a way |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2023 |
| Overplay a part |
USA Today |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Overact |
USA Today |
11 Sep 2023 |
| Ham it up on stage |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Standoffish, Republican failing to stress feelings |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Play to the cheap seats |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Ham in the end became speck |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Be melodramatic |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Ham it up on stage |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Aug 2023 |
| Exaggerate onstage |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2023 |
| Act overdramatically |
Universal |
19 Jul 2023 |
| Ham it up |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Jul 2023 |
| Overact |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Express big feelings, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2023 |
| OverDO it as an ACtor |
New York Times |
15 Jun 2023 |
| Show anger or amusement, say |
Universal |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Overdo one's acting |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
29 May 2023 |
| Overplay it |
Newsday |
20 May 2023 |
| Act poorly |
Newsday |
13 May 2023 |
| Act broadly |
Newsday |
11 May 2023 |
| Put on quite an act |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2023 |
| Overreact when volume turned up close to one |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Apr 2023 |
| Overplay one's part |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Exaggerate expression |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Express feelings onstage, say |
|
|
| Overact |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Mar 2023 |
| Act theatrically |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Overact |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Ham it up |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Jan 2023 |
| Get overly dramatic |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Overact |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2023 |
| Act big? |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2022 |
| Ham it up |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Act too broadly |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Overplay, in a way |
New York Times |
30 Nov 2022 |
| Act too broadly |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2022 |
| Act unprofessionally? |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2022 |
| Act over-the-top |
Universal |
26 Oct 2022 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Behave theatrically |
Universal |
27 Sep 2022 |
| Ham it up on stage |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Act too broadly |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2022 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Sep 2022 |
| Ham it up |
Universal |
04 Aug 2022 |
| Act overdramatically |
Universal |
31 Jul 2022 |
| Project on stage |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Miniature image on Twitch |
Universal |
02 Jul 2022 |
| Perform |
|
|
| Show fear, perhaps |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2022 |
| Theatricalize |
Premier Sunday |
29 May 2022 |
| Reaction on Twitch |
USA Today |
22 May 2022 |
| Overplay it |
Premier Sunday |
08 May 2022 |
| Feign feelings |
Newsday |
14 Apr 2022 |
| Be melodramatic on stage |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Mar 2022 |
| Express exaggerated feelings |
The Times Concise |
18 Mar 2022 |
| Ham it up |
Universal |
08 Mar 2022 |
| Ham it up |
Universal |
11 Jan 2022 |
| Fortnite dance move |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2021 |
| Behave theatrically |
Universal |
23 Nov 2021 |
| Express emotion |
|
|
| Overact |
New York Times |
09 Nov 2021 |
| Be hammy |
Premier Sunday |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Taking part in demo, tend to hold back? Far from it |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Act theatrically |
Universal |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Be overdramatic |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2021 |
| Express strong feeling, using term Goethe oddly rejected |
|
|
| Overdo the dramatics |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Sep 2021 |
| Put on quite an act |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2021 |
| Put on quite an act |
|
|
| Ham it up |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2021 |
| Overact |
Newsday |
25 May 2021 |
| Play too broadly |
LA Times Daily |
23 May 2021 |
| Play too broadly |
|
|
| Overact |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2021 |
| Overact |
|
|
| Overplay it |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2021 |
| Behave theatrically, breaking top off TV control |
|
|
| Ham it up on stage |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Ham it up |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2021 |
| Ham it up on stage |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Apr 2021 |
| Gush with lines |
Newsday |
27 Mar 2021 |
| Show joy in a show, say |
|
|
| Gush on stage |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2021 |
| Gush on stage |
|
|
| Behave theatrically |
|
|
| Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Overplay a part |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Ham it up in annual service held by ultimately fulsome luvvie |
|
|
| Act expressively |
Universal |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Feign feelings |
Newsday |
05 Feb 2021 |
| Behave theatrically |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Portray fury or fear |
|
|
| Portray fury or fear |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Act |
|
|
| Show feelings openly |
The Times Concise |
23 Dec 2020 |
| Show one's feelings |
Newsday |
29 Nov 2020 |
| Ham and cheese to melt around sandwiches |
|
|
| Act with great passion |
|
|
| Act with great passion |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2020 |
| Icon used in Twitch chat to express feelings |
|
|
| E-book written about play with great passion? |
|
|
| Overact |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Oct 2020 |
| Express feelings as far right leaves |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Ham it up |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Milk a scene |
Universal |
22 Oct 2020 |
| Perform with feeling |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2020 |
| Cry unrealistically on stage, perhaps |
Universal |
08 Oct 2020 |
| Be melodramatic in rebellious role to mesmerise |
|
|
| Overplay a role |
Universal |
20 Aug 2020 |
| Fake it with feeling |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Avoid being flat? |
LA Times Daily |
08 Aug 2020 |
| Avoid being flat? |
|
|
| Show feelings |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2020 |
| Ham it up |
Universal |
18 Jul 2020 |
| Act badly? |
Universal |
11 Jul 2020 |
| Overact |
Universal |
03 Jul 2020 |
| Ham it up |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Overplay a part |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Act expressively |
|
|
| Let your feelings show |
USA Today |
14 May 2020 |
| Go overboard on stage |
Universal |
11 May 2020 |
| Put on a show |
New York Times |
10 May 2020 |
| Speak too broadly |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Wax theatrical |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Be expressive, say |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2020 |
| Not hide one's feelings |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Act too expressively |
Universal |
14 Mar 2020 |
| Be overdramatic |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Gush |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Feb 2020 |
| Speak with emotion |
|
|
| Show your feelings |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2019 |
| Be overly dramatic |
Newsday |
18 Dec 2019 |
| Put on quite an act |
|
|
| Put on quite an act |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2019 |
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Overplay a scene |
Family Time |
25 Nov 2019 |
| Overdo it onstage |
USA Today |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Not act subtly |
Universal |
12 Nov 2019 |
| Hardly underplay |
New York Times |
05 Nov 2019 |
| Hardly underplay |
|
|
| Have a feeling? |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Overact |
New York Times |
14 Oct 2019 |
| Be melodramatic |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2019 |
| Overplay a part |
Universal |
25 Sep 2019 |
| Twitch chat symbol, informally |
Universal |
18 Sep 2019 |
| Act like a ham |
Universal |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Ham it up |
Premier Sunday |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Deliver an unbelievable performance, in a way |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jul 2019 |
| Overact |
Premier Sunday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Show excessive feelings |
The Times Concise |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Do an unbelievable scene |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2019 |
| Cry too much, say |
New York Times |
26 May 2019 |
| Overplay the part |
USA Today |
16 May 2019 |
| Ham it up |
Newsday |
08 May 2019 |
| Chew the scenery |
Thomas Joseph |
03 May 2019 |
| Act with excessive passion |
|
|
| Act with excessive passion |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Act badly, in a way |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Be melodramatic |
|
|
| Ham is withdrawn after being tipped |
|
|
| Overact |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2019 |
| Melodramatize |
|
|
| Be overdramatic |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2019 |
| Overact, turning e-book over |
|
|
| Act over the top |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Act with excessive passion |
|
|
| Cry too much, say |
|
|
| Act over the top |
|
|
| Be overdramatic |
|
|
| Overdo it onstage |
|
|
| Overplay the part |
|
|
| Be melodramatic |
|
|
| Deliver an unbelievable performance, in a way |
|
|
| Act like a ham |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Overplay a part |
|
|
| Twitch chat symbol, informally |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Overdo it on stage |
Newsday |
26 Dec 2018 |
| Act overly |
Universal |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Play to the balcony |
USA Today |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Overdramatize |
Newsday |
13 Dec 2018 |
| Be a ham on stage |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Nov 2018 |
| Overplay a part |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2018 |
| Express feelings |
|
|
| Behave theatrically |
|
|
| Engage in histrionics |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Oct 2018 |
| Act to excess |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2018 |
| Act to excess |
|
|
| Openly show feelings |
|
|
| Be a ham |
|
|
| Be a ham |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2018 |
| Overdo it on stage |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2018 |
| Show surprise, say |
|
|
| Overplay the part |
LA Times Daily |
09 Oct 2018 |
| Overplay the part |
|
|
| What drama queens do |
|
|
| What drama queens do |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2018 |
| Act over-the-top |
Universal |
27 Sep 2018 |
| Be melodramatic |
Newsday |
16 Sep 2018 |
| Act dramatically on stage |
|
|
| Play broadly |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Sep 2018 |
| Go overboard on stage |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Act unprofessionally? |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2018 |
| Show what's inside |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2018 |
| Be theatrical |
|
|
| Act loudly? |
Universal |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Overdo it onstage |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Overdo the dramatics |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2018 |
| Act theatrically |
|
|
| Portray sadness, say |
|
|
| Ham it up on stage |
Family Time |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Overplay the scene |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2018 |
| Overplay the scene |
|
|
| Overplay |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2018 |
| Play to the back of the room, say |
|
|
| Cat returned, tucking into middle of cheese and ham? |
|
|
| Be a ham actor |
Universal |
29 Apr 2018 |
| Play to the cheap seats |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2018 |
| Be too dramatic |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2018 |
| Put down, absent daughters act histrionically |
|
|
| Act too broadly |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2018 |
| Show great agitation, breaking top off TV control |
|
|
| Gush on stage |
Universal |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Scream or bawl, e.g |
New York Times |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Portray fury or fear, say |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2018 |
| Overplay a part |
|
|
| Overplay a part |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Chew the scenery |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2018 |
| Show one's feelings when reviewing electronic book |
|
|
| Show feelings |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Feb 2018 |
| Gush onstage |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Show feeling |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Show feeling about tiny speck on note |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Open the faucets onstage, so to speak |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Open the faucets onstage, so to speak |
|
|
| Show feelings, stuck in Portuguese motel |
|
|
| Act and how |
Universal |
08 Jan 2018 |
| Gush on stage |
|
|
| Be a ham |
|
|
| Be a ham actor |
|
|
| Act to excess |
|
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| Gush onstage |
|
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| Overdo it on stage |
|
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| Overdo the dramatics |
|
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| Overplay a part |
|
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| Play to the balcony |
|
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| Be a boisterous actor |
Universal |
01 Jan 2018 |
| Portray fury or fear, say |
|
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| Be a boisterous actor |
|
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| Act overly |
|
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| Act over-the-top |
|
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| Act loudly? |
|
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| Act and how |
|
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| Go overboard on stage |
|
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| Be a ham on stage |
|
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| Play broadly |
|
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| Engage in histrionics |
|
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| Show what's inside |
|
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| Scream or bawl, e.g. |
|
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| Act unprofessionally? |
|
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| Play to the cheap seats |
|
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| Put on quite an act |
|
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| Overplay the scene |
|
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| What drama queens do |
|
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| Gush on stage |
|
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| Overplay the part |
|
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| Overplay a part |
|
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| Overact |
|
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| Open the faucets onstage, so to speak |
|
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| Overplay |
LA Times Daily |
30 Dec 2017 |
| Overplay |
|
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| Overplay during a play |
Newsday |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Behave theatrically becoming faint right away |
|
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| Be melodramatic |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2017 |
| Ham it up |
USA Today |
14 Dec 2017 |
| Be expressive, on stage |
|
|
| Act melodramatically |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2017 |
| Theatricalize |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Overdramatize |
Universal |
26 Oct 2017 |
| English book about a way to show one's feelings |
|
|
| Show feeling |
Universal |
18 Oct 2017 |
| Act in a melodramatic manner |
Universal |
13 Oct 2017 |
| Play too hard, perhaps |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2017 |
| Act the ham |
USA Today |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Act with passion |
|
|
| Show exaggerated feelings |
The Times Concise |
28 Jul 2017 |
| Ham it up, in a theater |
Universal |
22 Jul 2017 |
| Gush wildly |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2017 |
| Be melodramatic |
Family Time |
09 Jul 2017 |
| Overplay a part |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2017 |
| Get carried away on stage |
Universal |
27 Apr 2017 |
| 'E', I think, winds up 'effuse' |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Apr 2017 |
| Blow the audition, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Apr 2017 |
| Overdo a part |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2017 |
| Really go out of one's way? |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2017 |
| Openly show feelings |
The Times Concise |
02 Feb 2017 |
| Distant Head going off to show feeling |
|
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| Act too dramatically |
Universal |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Be overdramatic |
Family Time |
29 Jan 2017 |
| Aloof, not the first to show strong feelings |
|
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| Act histrionically |
|
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| Get gushy |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jan 2017 |
| Overplay a role, say |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2017 |
| Overdo a part |
|
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| Overdo it, in a way |
|
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| Overplay a part |
|
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| Theatricalize |
|
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| Overplay |
|
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| Overplay a role, say |
|
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| Show feeling |
|
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| Ham it up |
|
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| Overdramatize |
|
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| Ham it up, in a theater |
|
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| Be melodramatic |
|
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| Get carried away on stage |
|
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| Act too dramatically |
|
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| Act in a melodramatic manner |
|
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| Act the ham |
|
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| Act melodramatically |
|
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| Act with passion |
|
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| Act poorly? |
LA Times Daily |
07 Dec 2016 |
| Act with passion |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2016 |
| Engage in melodramatics |
Universal |
24 Nov 2016 |
| Feign fear or fury |
|
|
| Overplay a role |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2016 |
| Perform with feeling |
|
|
| Overdo it onstage |
|
|
| Be melodramatic |
|
|
| Exaggerate onstage |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2016 |
| Be theatrical |
Universal |
11 Sep 2016 |
| Hardly underplay on stage |
Universal |
10 Sep 2016 |
| Chew the scenery |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Chew the scenery |
USA Today |
15 Aug 2016 |
| Gush |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2016 |
| Express feelings |
Universal |
13 Jul 2016 |
| Show feelings excessively |
The Guardian Speedy |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Overplay |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2016 |
| Put a little extra into the part |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2016 |
| Not act conservatively |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2016 |
| Act up a storm |
Wall Street Journal |
21 May 2016 |
| Act the ham |
Universal |
12 May 2016 |
| Spurn subtlety, in a way |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2016 |
| Overact on the stage |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2016 |
| Overdo it |
Universal |
01 Apr 2016 |
| Overplay one's part |
Universal |
30 Mar 2016 |
| Gush on stage |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2016 |
| Shed false tears, say |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Show excessive feeling in demo televised |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Cry crocodile tears on stage |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2016 |
| Act amateurishly |
Family Time |
07 Mar 2016 |
| Play to the back row |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Mar 2016 |
| Act amateurishly |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2016 |
| Act theatrically |
Universal |
26 Feb 2016 |
| Standoffish after commencement to show one's feelings |
|
|
| Behave theatrically |
LA Times Daily |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Really act out? |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2016 |
| Overplay |
|
|
| Not act conservatively |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Be theatrical |
|
|
| Engage in melodramatics |
|
|
| Express feelings |
|
|
| Put a little extra into the part |
|
|
| Really act out? |
|
|
| Gush |
|
|
| Overplay a role |
|
|
| Exaggerate onstage |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Behave theatrically |
|
|
| Get melodramatic |
LA Times Daily |
24 Dec 2015 |
| Act like a thespian |
Universal |
24 Dec 2015 |
| Be overtheatrical |
Newsday |
24 Dec 2015 |
| Overdo it on stage |
Family Time |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Overplay a role |
|
|
| Distant, finally far removed to give expression |
|
|
| Act passionately |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2015 |
| Act out |
Universal |
13 Oct 2015 |
| Don't be buttoned up – try Ecstasy, raising volume first |
|
|
| Demoted at the centre, get all worked up |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Get carried away in Hollywood |
USA Today |
12 Sep 2015 |
| Run away from thin ham? |
|
|
| Wax theatrical |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2015 |
| Be theatrical |
USA Today |
04 Sep 2015 |
| Be a ham |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2015 |
| Act badly? |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2015 |
| Wear one's heart on one's sleeve |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2015 |
| Act with passion |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2015 |
| Domestic Cockney lifted skin of the ham |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Jun 2015 |
| Behave theatrically |
Universal |
23 May 2015 |
| Exaggerate one's feelings |
The Times Concise |
18 May 2015 |
| Chew the scenery |
Universal |
08 May 2015 |
| Not act well? |
USA Today |
02 May 2015 |
| Theatricalize |
Premier Sunday |
12 Apr 2015 |
| Be melodramatic |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2015 |
| Sell the scene |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2015 |
| Act like an amateur? |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2015 |
| Turn on the dramatics |
Universal |
10 Feb 2015 |
| Be a hammy actor |
USA Today |
03 Feb 2015 |
| Behave like a thespian |
USA Today |
02 Feb 2015 |
| Portray feelings theatrically |
The Guardian Quick |
31 Jan 2015 |
| Play too broadly, on stage |
Universal |
23 Jan 2015 |
| Act theatrically |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2015 |
| Wax theatrical |
|
|
| Act out |
|
|
| Act like a thespian |
|
|
| Act badly? |
|
|
| Theatricalize |
|
|
| Be overdramatic |
|
|
| Be overtheatrical |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Overdo it on stage |
|
|
| Overplay a part |
|
|
| Overplay it |
|
|
| Lay it on thick on stage |
|
|
| Be melodramatic |
|
|
| Be a ham |
|
|
| Act like an amateur? |
|
|
| Steal the show, in a bad way |
|
|
| Wear one's heart on one's sleeve |
|
|
| Act amateurishly |
|
|
| Act passionately |
|
|
| Act theatrically |
|
|
| Be a hammy actor |
|
|
| Be theatrical |
|
|
| Behave like a thespian |
|
|
| Get carried away in Hollywood |
|
|
| Not act well? |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Act with passion |
|
|
| Overdo it on the stage |
|
|
| Turn on the dramatics |
|
|
| Play too broadly, on stage |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Behave theatrically |
|
|
| Get melodramatic |
|
|
| Sell the scene |
|
|
| Ham it up in "Hamlet," say |
|
|
| Stress lines? |
|
|
| Show feels, so to speak |
|
|
| Engage in histrionics |
|
|
| Act in a melodrama? |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Engage in histrionics |
|
|
| Act badly? |
|
|
| Act expressively |
|
|
| Act without subtlety |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Express feeling excessively |
|
|
| Gush |
|
|
| Annoy one's co-star, perhaps |
|
|
| Go overboard on stage |
|
|
| Be a ham |
|
|
| Be theatrical |
|
|
| Overdo it, on stage |
|
|
| Be a ham |
|
|
| Sell the scene |
|
|
| Pour on the theatrics |
|
|
| Wear one's feelings on one's sleeve |
|
|
| Play to the back of the room |
|
|
| Hardly be deadpan |
|
|
| Act badly, in a way |
|
|
| Overdo the drama |
|
|
| Laugh or cry onstage |
|
|
| Act the wrong way? |
|
|
| Act broadly |
|
|
| Play the ham |
|
|
| Overplay a part |
|
|
| Wax theatrical |
|
|
| Be Jim Carrey when you should be George Clooney |
|
|
| Upset a stage coach, perhaps |
|
|
| Tread the boards heavily |
|
|
| Act badly? |
|
|
| Overplay a scene |
|
|
| Overdo the dramatics |
|
|
| Overdo one's lines |
|
|
| Feign feelings |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Act broadly |
|
|
| Overdo, onstage |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Act the ham in "Hamlet" |
|
|
| Express unsubtly |
|
|
| Act over the top? |
|
|
| Mug, maybe |
|
|
| Act the wrong way? |
|
|
| Overdo it onstage |
|
|
| Go over the top, on stage |
|
|
| Act the wrong way? |
|
|
| Show one's feelings |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Get melodramatic |
|
|
| Be melodramatic |
|
|
| Frustrate the director, perhaps |
|
|
| Be a ham in "Hamlet" |
|
|
| Be melodramatic on stage |
|
|
| Hog the spotlight |
|
|
| Do one's part poorly? |
|
|
| Not act subtly |
|
|
| Serve up some ham? |
|
|
| Act histrionically |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Upset a stage coach? |
|
|
| Vent on stage |
|
|
| Display feeling |
|
|
| Act the drama queen |
|
|
| Ham it up as Hamlet |
|
|
| Behave theatrically |
|
|
| Play to the back of the theater |
|
|
| Play the drama queen |
|
|
| Show fear, perhaps |
|
|
| Overplay onstage |
|
|
| Overdo it onstage |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Frustrate the director, perhaps |
|
|
| Hog the spotlight |
|
|
| Overplay a part |
|
|
| Overplay the part |
|
|
| Be a ham |
|
|
| Show anger, say |
|
|
| Wax theatrical |
|
|
| Perform with great feeling |
|
|
| Enact a feeling |
|
|
| Upstage a co-star, perhaps |
|
|
| Hardly suppress one's feelings |
|
|
| Tread the boards broadly |
|
|
| Act with passion |
|
|
| Act melodramatically |
|
|
| Upstage a co-star, perhaps |
|
|
| Show anger, say |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Flaunt one's feelings |
|
|
| Express shock or happiness, say |
|
|
| Make like a ham |
|
|
| Overplay a scene |
|
|
| Overplay one's part |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Act amateurishly |
|
|
| Push the envelope, theatrically |
|
|
| Hardly be stoical |
|
|
| Overexpress one's feelings, on stage |
|
|
| Gush |
|
|
| Milk a scene for all it's worth |
|
|
| Be over the top, while acting |
|
|
| Hardly be stoical |
|
|
| Fake feelings |
|
|
| Be a ham |
|
|
| Push the envelope, theatrically |
|
|
| Behave theatrically |
|
|
| Overdo it |
|
|
| Act excessively expressive |
|
|
| Show feeling |
|
|
| Act badly? |
|
|
| Overplay a scene |
|
|
| Sell the scene, say |
|
|
| Overdo it onstage |
|
|
| Gush on stage |
|
|
| Fake feelings |
|
|
| Act poorly |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Act with great feeling |
|
|
| Act up a storm |
|
|
| Go into histrionics |
|
|
| Go too far on the boards |
|
|
| Milk a scene |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Wax theatrical |
|
|
| Overdo it on stage |
|
|
| Director's cry to an underactor? |
|
|
| Not act well |
|
|
| Act larger than life |
|
|
| Cry on cue, say |
|
|
| Get melodramatic |
|
|
| Act unprofessionally? |
|
|
| Be hammy |
|
|
| Express oneself |
|
|
| Not act well |
|
|
| Perform with broad gestures |
|
|
| Make a big scene? |
|
|
| Overdo it on stage |
|
|
| Cry on cue, say |
|
|
| Director's cry to an underactor? |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Wax theatrical |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Be hammy |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Ham up "Hamlet" |
|
|
| Act unprofessionally |
|
|
| Play to the rafters |
|
|
| Overplay onstage |
|
|
| Hardly underplay |
|
|
| Be histrionic |
|
|
| Behave theatrically |
|
|
| Tread the boards broadly |
|
|
| Play broadly |
|
|
| Engage in cabotinage |
|
|
| Show too much feeling? |
|
|
| Turn on the waterworks, maybe |
|
|
| Act badly, maybe |
|
|
| Act out? |
|
|
| Let one's feeling show |
|
|
| Steal the scene, say |
|
|
| Show rage onstage, say |
|
|
| Play the ham |
|
|
| Try to steal the scene, maybe |
|
|
| Turn on the dramatics |
|
|
| Act to excess |
|
|
| Go too far onstage |
|
|
| Show one's feelings |
|
|
| Play act |
|
|
| Be a drama queen |
|
|
| Play to the back of the audience |
|
|
| Steal the scene, say |
|
|
| Overdo a scene |
|
|
| Act poorly |
|
|
| Act unprofessionally |
|
|
| Go over the top on Broadway |
|
|
| Act poorly |
|
|
| Play to the back row |
|
|
| Mug, e.g. |
|
|
| Get overtheatrical |
|
|
| Play to the back row |
|
|
| Overdo the drama |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Try to steal a scene |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Fake feelings |
|
|
| Get all histrionic |
|
|
| Be actorish |
|
|
| Be over the top, while acting |
|
|
| Wax theatrical |
|
|
| Act the ham |
|
|
| Act broadly |
|
|
| Overexpress one's feelings |
|
|
| Cry too readily, maybe |
|
|
| Speak histrionically |
|
|
| Mug, say |
|
|
| Wax theatrical |
|
|
| Play a role none too subtly |
|
|
| Be a hammy Hamlet, say |
|
|
| Overdo the drama |
|
|
| Act theatrical |
|
|
| Show feelings |
|
|
| Get overtheatrical |
|
|
| What 14-Downs do |
|
|
| Act badly |
|
|
| Not play it straight |
|
|
| Wax rhapsodic, perhaps |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Act passionately |
|
|
| Put on a show |
|
|
| Overdo it, in a way |
|
|
| Act badly |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Be theatrical |
|
|
| Overdo the stage directions |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Wax theatrical |
|
|
| Act without restraint |
|
|
| Feign feelings |
|
|
| Overdo, onstage |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Act badly |
|
|
| What 14-Downs do |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Act unprofessionally? |
|
|
| Display histrionics |
|
|
| Behave theatrically |
|
|
| Overdo onstage |
|
|
| Overdo it, in a way |
|
|
| Ham it up onstage |
|
|
| Play the ham |
|
|
| Overdo it, in a way |
|
|
| Play to the balcony |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Go overboard on stage |
|
|
| Show feeling |
|
|
| Act badly? |
|
|
| Act amateurishly |
|
|
| Be a ham |
|
|
| Overplay a role |
|
|
| Overdo it |
|
|
| Act badly? |
|
|
| Hog the stage |
|
|
| Overdo it on Broadway |
|
|
| Overdo it onstage |
|
|
| Keep up with a ham? |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Not act well? |
|
|
| Get carried away in Hollywood |
|
|
| Perform histrionically |
|
|
| Cry crocodile tears |
|
|
| Not keep one's feelings pent up |
|
|
| Show feelings |
|
|
| Play too broadly |
|
|
| Play to the back row and then some |
|
|
| Overdo a scene |
|
|
| Not play subtly |
|
|
| Be theatrical |
|
|
| Play much too broadly on stage |
|
|
| Tread the boards broadly |
|
|
| Overplay the part |
|
|
| Hog the spotlight |
|
|
| Chew the scenery |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Act to the hilt |
|
|
| Overdramatize lines |
|
|
| Cry on cue |
|
|
| Be a hammy actor |
|
|
| Wax rhapsodic, perhaps |
|
|
| Get melodramatic |
|
|
| Not hold back |
|
|
| Gush |
|
|
| Go overboard, in a way |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Act without restraint |
|
|
| Display histrionics |
|
|
| Overdo it on Broadway |
|
|
| Overplay one's part |
|
|
| Overdo it on stage |
|
|
| Overplay |
|
|
| Show feelings |
|
|
| Try to steal a scene |
|
|
| Play to the balcony |
|
|
| Overdramatize |
|
|
| Overplay |
|
|
| Go wild with Wilde or Wilder |
|
|
| Go over the top on Broadway |
|
|
| Behave theatrically |
|
|
| Act badly |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Overdo a scene, say |
|
|
| Milk a scene for all it's worth |
|
|
| Do a part poorly |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Perform |
|
|
| Tenors do it |
|
|
| Overact |
|
|
| Overdo a part |
|
|
| Wax theatrical |
|
|
| Overdo it, in a way |
|
|
| Feign feelings |
|
|
| Really ham it up onstage |
|
|
| Gush |
|
|
| Gush |
|
|
| Display feelings |
|
|
| Ham it up |
|
|
| Resemble a ham |
|
|
| Play to the rafters |
|
|
| Act the ham |
|
|
| Engage in histrionics |
|
|
| Act out |
|
|
| Overdo it on the stage |
|
|
| Act theatrical |
|
|
| Let it all hang out |
|
|
| Rage, e.g., onstage |
|
|
| Vent strongly |
|
|
| Get carried away in Hollywood |
|
|
| Be actorish |
|
|
| Exaggerate onstage |
|
|
| Play the ham |
|
|
| Cry on cue |
|
|
| Play to the last row |
|
|
| Play to the last row |
|
|
| Play to the balcony |
|
|
| Overdo it on stage |
|
|
| Show feeling |
|
|
| Play to the rafters |
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| Shed crocodile tears on stage |
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| Act melodramatically |
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| Go overboard, in a way |
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| Ham it up |
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| Be a ham in "Hamlet"? |
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| Try to out-ham a ham |
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| Show anger, for example |
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| Act badly |
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| Ham it up |
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| Overdramatize |
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| Let it all hang out |
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| Be over the top, while acting |
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| Get melodramatic |
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| Show feeling |
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| Mug |
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| Playact |
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| Play to the balcony |
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| Tread the boards heavily |
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| Make a scene |
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| Sturt and fret |
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| Exaggerate onstage |
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| Act up a storm |
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| Cry crocodile tears |
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| Engage in melodramatics |
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| Turn on the dramatics |
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| Theatricalize |
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| Shed crocodile tears |
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| Chew scenery |
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| Act the ham |
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| Overplay onstage |
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| Behave like Streep |
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| Gush feeling |
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| Play the ham |
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| Play to the balcony |
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| Play without restraint |
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| Gush |
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| Go too far in performing |
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| Ham Hamlet |
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| Act excessively expressively |
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| Rage onstage |
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| Indulge in cabotinage |
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| Be histrionic |
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| Pour on the theatrics |
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| Throw a tantrum |
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| Sentimentalize |
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| Emulate Pola Negri |
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| Emulate Valentino |
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| Act with passion |
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| Show feeling |
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| Tear a passion to tatters |
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| Act dramatically |
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| Act up a storm |
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| Act, in a way |
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| Mug |
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| Act with feeling |
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| Act the ham |
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| Speak theatrically |
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| Put on an act |
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| Express effusively |
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| Emulate Pearl White |
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| Emulate Duse |
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| Act like a thespian |
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| Behave like a thespian |
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| Emulate a ham |
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| Perform histrionically |
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| Play the Old Vic |
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| Become maudlin onstage |
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| Emulate Barrymore |
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| Be overtheatrical |
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| Bathe the stage with bathos |
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| Emulate Cabotin |
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| Declaim theatrically |
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| Overplay a scene |
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| Play to the cheap seats |
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| Shed tears onstage |
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| Express dramatically |
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| Act melodramatically |
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| Express sentiment |
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| Melodramatize |
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| Do some tub-thumping |
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| Chew up the set |
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| Play it to the hilt |
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| Wax dramatic |
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| Act like Duse |
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| What hams do |
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| Display grief or joy |
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| Say it with feeling |
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| Wax histrionic |
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| Act with a capital A |
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| Get dramatic |
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| Act with a flourish |
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| Overdo a role |
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| Act in a certain way |
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| Act to the hilt |
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| Wax operatic |
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| Wax theatric |
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| Behave theatrically |
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| Show thespian zeal |
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| What some divas do |
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| Ham-act |
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| What some stars do |
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| Affect feeling |
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| Play to the peanut gallery |
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| Exhibit imitation feelings. |
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| Act in "hearts and flowers" manner. |
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| Act like a ham. |
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| Give forth feeling. |
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| Overdramatize: Colloq. |
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| Theatricalize. |
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| Overdo the Thespian bit. |
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| Indulge in theatrics. |
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| Play to the gallery. |
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| Overplay a role. |
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| Put on a dramatic act. |
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| Overplay: Colloq. |
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| Act histrionically: Colloq. |
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| Behave in theatrical manner. |
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| Behave theatrically: Colloq. |
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| Put on a scene: Jocose. |
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| Portray with schmaltz. |
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| Put on an act. |
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| Overdo the drama. |
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| Act overdramatically. |
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| Overdo the heart throbs. |
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| Play it to the hilt. |
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| Act in "East Lynne" |
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| Emulate thespians |
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| "Chew up the scenery.” |
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| Show feelings: Jocose. |
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| Show feeling: Colloq. |
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| Exhibit feelings: Jocose. |
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| Overdo a scene: Colloq. |
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| Behave theatrically. |
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| "Chew the scenery." |
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| Carry on theatrically. |
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| Overact: Slang. |
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| Be melodramatic. |
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| Overplay a role: Colloq. |
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| Be theatrical. |
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| Overact. |
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| Play the ham. |
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| Play-act, in a way. |
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| Run the Thespian's gamut. |
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| Melodramatize: Colloq. |
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| Act dramatically: Colloq. |
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| Act, in a way. |
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| Dramatize: Colloq. |
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| Perform, in a way. |
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| What "hams" do. |
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| Play-act. |
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| Wax dramatic. |
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| Overact: Colloq. |
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| Act in a way. |
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| Be the ham. |
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| Ham it up. |
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| Overplay. |
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| Overdo a scene |
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