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-so-subtle acting |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2024 |
Do some not-sosubtle acting |
|
|
*What actors do |
|
|
Book returned with note to express feelings (5) |
|
|
Ham it up |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Feb 2024 |
Portray broadly |
|
|
Ham it up at an audition |
LA Times Mini |
08 Feb 2024 |
Overact on stage |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2024 |
Overact |
Commuter |
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 |
Be melodramatic |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2023 |
Ham in the end became speck |
The Times Cryptic |
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 |
Act too broadly |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2022 |
Ham it up |
New York Times |
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 |
Canadiana |
20 Jun 2022 |
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 |
Canadiana |
15 Nov 2021 |
Overact |
New York Times |
09 Nov 2021 |
Taking part in demo, tend to hold back? Far from it |
|
|
Be hammy |
Premier Sunday |
24 Oct 2021 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
22 Aug 2021 |
Ham it up |
The Washington Post |
22 Jul 2021 |
Ham it up |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2021 |
Chew the scenery |
The Washington Post |
01 Jul 2021 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
23 May 2021 |
Overact |
The Washington Post |
20 May 2021 |
Overact |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2021 |
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 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
21 Mar 2021 |
Gush on stage |
The Washington Post |
11 Mar 2021 |
Gush on stage |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2021 |
Behave theatrically |
Canadiana |
08 Mar 2021 |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2021 |
Portray fury or fear |
The Washington Post |
10 Jan 2021 |
Act |
Canadiana |
04 Jan 2021 |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2020 |
Act with great passion |
The Washington Post |
17 Nov 2020 |
Icon used in Twitch chat to express feelings |
Jonesin |
10 Nov 2020 |
E-book written about play with great passion? |
|
|
Overact |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Oct 2020 |
Express feelings as far right leaves |
|
|
Ham it up |
The Washington Post |
25 Oct 2020 |
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? |
The Washington Post |
08 Aug 2020 |
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 |
Canadiana |
27 Jan 2020 |
Show your feelings |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2019 |
Be overly dramatic |
Newsday |
18 Dec 2019 |
Put on quite an act |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2019 |
Put on quite an act |
The Washington Post |
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? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
20 Oct 2019 |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2019 |
Act with excessive passion |
The Washington Post |
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 |
Jonesin |
12 Feb 2019 |
Be overdramatic |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2019 |
Overact, turning e-book over |
|
|
Act over the top |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2019 |
Cry too much, say |
|
|
Act like a ham |
|
|
Twitch chat symbol, informally |
|
|
Act over the top |
|
|
Overplay the part |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Deliver an unbelievable performance, in a way |
|
|
Be melodramatic |
|
|
Overplay a part |
|
|
Act with excessive passion |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Overdo it onstage |
|
|
Be overdramatic |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Engage in histrionics |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Oct 2018 |
Behave theatrically |
|
|
Act to excess |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2018 |
Act to excess |
The Washington Post |
26 Oct 2018 |
Openly show feelings |
|
|
Be a ham |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2018 |
Be a ham |
The Washington Post |
22 Oct 2018 |
Overdo it on stage |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2018 |
Show surprise, say |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Oct 2018 |
Overplay the part |
The Washington Post |
09 Oct 2018 |
Overplay the part |
LA Times Daily |
09 Oct 2018 |
What drama queens do |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2018 |
What drama queens do |
The Washington Post |
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 |
Jonesin |
26 Jun 2018 |
Ham it up on stage |
Family Time |
17 Jun 2018 |
Portray sadness, say |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Jun 2018 |
Overplay the scene |
The Washington Post |
11 Jun 2018 |
Overplay the scene |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2018 |
Overplay |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2018 |
Play to the back of the room, say |
The New Yorker |
04 Jun 2018 |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2018 |
Overplay a part |
The Washington Post |
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 |
Show feeling |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2018 |
Show feeling about tiny speck on note |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2018 |
Gush onstage |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2018 |
Open the faucets onstage, so to speak |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2018 |
Open the faucets onstage, so to speak |
The Washington Post |
15 Jan 2018 |
Show feelings, stuck in Portuguese motel |
|
|
Act and how |
Universal |
08 Jan 2018 |
Act loudly? |
|
|
Engage in histrionics |
|
|
Gush onstage |
|
|
Go overboard on stage |
|
|
Be a boisterous actor |
Universal |
01 Jan 2018 |
Play broadly |
|
|
What drama queens do |
|
|
Gush on stage |
|
|
Be a ham actor |
|
|
Be a boisterous actor |
|
|
Act overly |
|
|
Act over-the-top |
|
|
Act and how |
|
|
Be a ham on stage |
|
|
Act to excess |
|
|
Be a ham |
|
|
Gush on stage |
|
|
Show what's inside |
|
|
Scream or bawl, e.g. |
|
|
Open the faucets onstage, so to speak |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Overplay a part |
|
|
Overplay the part |
|
|
Overplay the scene |
|
|
Act unprofessionally? |
|
|
Put on quite an act |
|
|
Portray fury or fear, say |
|
|
Play to the cheap seats |
|
|
Play to the balcony |
|
|
Overplay a part |
|
|
Overdo the dramatics |
|
|
Overdo it on stage |
|
|
Overplay |
The Washington Post |
30 Dec 2017 |
Overplay |
LA Times Daily |
30 Dec 2017 |
Overplay during a play |
Newsday |
20 Dec 2017 |
Behave theatrically becoming faint right away |
|
|
Be melodramatic |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2017 |
Ham it up |
USA Today |
14 Dec 2017 |
Be expressive, on stage |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Nov 2017 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
27 Aug 2017 |
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 |
Act too dramatically |
Universal |
30 Jan 2017 |
Distant Head going off to show feeling |
|
|
Be overdramatic |
Family Time |
29 Jan 2017 |
Aloof, not the first to show strong feelings |
|
|
Act histrionically |
Jonesin |
24 Jan 2017 |
Get gushy |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jan 2017 |
Overplay a role, say |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2017 |
Overplay |
|
|
Act too dramatically |
|
|
Get carried away on stage |
|
|
Ham it up, in a theater |
|
|
Overdramatize |
|
|
Show feeling |
|
|
Act melodramatically |
|
|
Act the ham |
|
|
Be melodramatic |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Overdo a part |
|
|
Overplay a role, say |
|
|
Overdo it, in a way |
|
|
Overplay a part |
|
|
Theatricalize |
|
|
Act in a melodramatic manner |
|
|
Act with passion |
|
|
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 |
The Washington Post |
16 Nov 2016 |
Overplay a role |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2016 |
Perform with feeling |
The Washington Post |
25 Oct 2016 |
Overdo it onstage |
The Washington Post |
21 Oct 2016 |
Be melodramatic |
The Washington Post |
12 Oct 2016 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
13 Mar 2016 |
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 |
Gush |
|
|
Put a little extra into the part |
|
|
Overplay a role |
|
|
Be theatrical |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Engage in melodramatics |
|
|
Exaggerate onstage |
|
|
Express feelings |
|
|
Behave theatrically |
|
|
Really act out? |
|
|
Overplay |
|
|
Not act conservatively |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Act like a thespian |
Universal |
24 Dec 2015 |
Be overtheatrical |
Newsday |
24 Dec 2015 |
Get melodramatic |
LA Times Daily |
24 Dec 2015 |
Overdo it on stage |
Family Time |
20 Dec 2015 |
Overplay a role |
The Washington Post |
23 Nov 2015 |
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 |
Wax theatrical |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2015 |
Run away from thin ham? |
|
|
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 |
Get carried away in Hollywood |
|
|
Behave like a thespian |
|
|
Be theatrical |
|
|
Be a hammy actor |
|
|
Act theatrically |
|
|
Act passionately |
|
|
Act amateurishly |
|
|
Wear one's heart on one's sleeve |
|
|
Act like a thespian |
|
|
Act out |
|
|
Overdo it on stage |
|
|
Overplay a part |
|
|
Overdo it on the stage |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Behave theatrically |
|
|
Play too broadly, on stage |
|
|
Turn on the dramatics |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Wax theatrical |
|
|
Overplay it |
|
|
Act badly? |
|
|
Get melodramatic |
|
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Sell the scene |
|
|
Steal the show, in a bad way |
|
|
Theatricalize |
|
|
Be a ham |
|
|
Act like an amateur? |
|
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Lay it on thick on stage |
|
|
Be melodramatic |
|
|
Be overdramatic |
|
|
Act with passion |
|
|
Be overtheatrical |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Not act well? |
|
|
Wear one's feelings on one's sleeve |
|
|
Overdo it, on stage |
|
|
Pour on the theatrics |
|
|
Sell the scene |
|
|
Express feeling excessively |
|
|
Overdo the drama |
|
|
Show feels, so to speak |
|
|
Stress lines? |
|
|
Be a ham |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Act without subtlety |
|
|
Act expressively |
|
|
Act badly? |
|
|
Annoy one's co-star, perhaps |
|
|
Gush |
|
|
Go overboard on stage |
|
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Be a ham |
|
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Hardly be deadpan |
|
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Laugh or cry onstage |
|
|
Engage in histrionics |
|
|
Ham it up in "Hamlet," say |
|
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Play to the back of the room |
|
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Act badly, in a way |
|
|
Act in a melodrama? |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Engage in histrionics |
|
|
Be theatrical |
|
|
Overplay a scene |
|
|
Overdo it onstage |
|
|
Tread the boards heavily |
|
|
Mug, maybe |
|
|
Act over the top? |
|
|
Play the ham |
|
|
Express unsubtly |
|
|
Upset a stage coach, perhaps |
|
|
Act the wrong way? |
|
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Act the wrong way? |
|
|
Overdo, onstage |
|
|
Go over the top, on stage |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Act broadly |
|
|
Feign feelings |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Act broadly |
|
|
Wax theatrical |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Overdo one's lines |
|
|
Act the wrong way? |
|
|
Be melodramatic |
|
|
Get melodramatic |
|
|
Overplay a part |
|
|
Show one's feelings |
|
|
Act badly? |
|
|
Act the ham in "Hamlet" |
|
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Be Jim Carrey when you should be George Clooney |
|
|
Overdo the dramatics |
|
|
Ham it up as Hamlet |
|
|
Behave theatrically |
|
|
Be a ham |
|
|
Upset a stage coach? |
|
|
Be melodramatic on stage |
|
|
Hog the spotlight |
|
|
Act the drama queen |
|
|
Display feeling |
|
|
Vent on stage |
|
|
Be a ham in "Hamlet" |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Overdo it onstage |
|
|
Overplay onstage |
|
|
Show fear, perhaps |
|
|
Act histrionically |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Frustrate the director, perhaps |
|
|
Hog the spotlight |
|
|
Overplay a part |
|
|
Overplay the part |
|
|
Frustrate the director, perhaps |
|
|
Play to the back of the theater |
|
|
Play the drama queen |
|
|
Do one's part poorly? |
|
|
Not act subtly |
|
|
Serve up some ham? |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Show anger, say |
|
|
Overplay one's part |
|
|
Act melodramatically |
|
|
Act with passion |
|
|
Hardly suppress one's feelings |
|
|
Upstage a co-star, perhaps |
|
|
Perform with great feeling |
|
|
Wax theatrical |
|
|
Overplay a scene |
|
|
Tread the boards broadly |
|
|
Make like a ham |
|
|
Flaunt one's feelings |
|
|
Express shock or happiness, say |
|
|
Show anger, say |
|
|
Enact a feeling |
|
|
Upstage a co-star, perhaps |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Hardly be stoical |
|
|
Fake feelings |
|
|
Sell the scene, say |
|
|
Gush |
|
|
Act poorly |
|
|
Go into histrionics |
|
|
Behave theatrically |
|
|
Be a ham |
|
|
Overdo it |
|
|
Show feeling |
|
|
Overexpress one's feelings, on stage |
|
|
Act excessively expressive |
|
|
Be over the top, while acting |
|
|
Milk a scene for all it's worth |
|
|
Overplay a scene |
|
|
Act up a storm |
|
|
Act amateurishly |
|
|
Push the envelope, theatrically |
|
|
Hardly be stoical |
|
|
Fake feelings |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Act badly? |
|
|
Act with great feeling |
|
|
Push the envelope, theatrically |
|
|
Gush on stage |
|
|
Overdo it onstage |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Act unprofessionally? |
|
|
Wax theatrical |
|
|
Make a big scene? |
|
|
Overdo it on stage |
|
|
Not act well |
|
|
Milk a scene |
|
|
Act unprofessionally |
|
|
Director's cry to an underactor? |
|
|
Cry on cue, say |
|
|
Not act well |
|
|
Cry on cue, say |
|
|
Wax theatrical |
|
|
Act larger than life |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Perform with broad gestures |
|
|
Ham up "Hamlet" |
|
|
Express oneself |
|
|
Director's cry to an underactor? |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Be hammy |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Be hammy |
|
|
Overdo it on stage |
|
|
Go too far on the boards |
|
|
Get melodramatic |
|
|
Overdo a scene |
|
|
Show one's feelings |
|
|
Turn on the dramatics |
|
|
Play to the rafters |
|
|
Play the ham |
|
|
Play act |
|
|
Steal the scene, say |
|
|
Behave theatrically |
|
|
Tread the boards broadly |
|
|
Overplay onstage |
|
|
Hardly underplay |
|
|
Be histrionic |
|
|
Turn on the waterworks, maybe |
|
|
Try to steal the scene, maybe |
|
|
Show too much feeling? |
|
|
Play to the back of the audience |
|
|
Play broadly |
|
|
Engage in cabotinage |
|
|
Be a drama queen |
|
|
Let one's feeling show |
|
|
Act out? |
|
|
Act badly, maybe |
|
|
Go too far onstage |
|
|
Act to excess |
|
|
Show rage onstage, say |
|
|
Steal the scene, say |
|
|
Wax theatrical |
|
|
Speak histrionically |
|
|
Act unprofessionally |
|
|
Wax theatrical |
|
|
Act poorly |
|
|
Get overtheatrical |
|
|
Mug, e.g. |
|
|
Get all histrionic |
|
|
Try to steal a scene |
|
|
Cry too readily, maybe |
|
|
Act broadly |
|
|
Play a role none too subtly |
|
|
Act the ham |
|
|
Mug, say |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Fake feelings |
|
|
Act theatrical |
|
|
Play to the back row |
|
|
Show feelings |
|
|
Play to the back row |
|
|
Overdo the drama |
|
|
Be over the top, while acting |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Be actorish |
|
|
Overexpress one's feelings |
|
|
Act poorly |
|
|
Get overtheatrical |
|
|
Overdo the drama |
|
|
Be a hammy Hamlet, say |
|
|
Go over the top on Broadway |
|
|
Overdo the stage directions |
|
|
Feign feelings |
|
|
Overdo onstage |
|
|
Overdo, onstage |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Wax theatrical |
|
|
Display histrionics |
|
|
Behave theatrically |
|
|
Be theatrical |
|
|
Overdo it, in a way |
|
|
Act badly |
|
|
Overdo it, in a way |
|
|
Put on a show |
|
|
Wax rhapsodic, perhaps |
|
|
Act passionately |
|
|
Act without restraint |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Play the ham |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Not play it straight |
|
|
Act badly |
|
|
Ham it up onstage |
|
|
Act unprofessionally? |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Act badly |
|
|
Overdo it, in a way |
|
|
What 14-Downs do |
|
|
What 14-Downs do |
|
|
Act badly? |
|
|
Show feelings |
|
|
Play too broadly |
|
|
Overdo a scene |
|
|
Get carried away in Hollywood |
|
|
Not play subtly |
|
|
Be theatrical |
|
|
Not act well? |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Play to the back row and then some |
|
|
Cry crocodile tears |
|
|
Not keep one's feelings pent up |
|
|
Overplay a role |
|
|
Overdo it onstage |
|
|
Overdo it on Broadway |
|
|
Hog the stage |
|
|
Be a ham |
|
|
Act amateurishly |
|
|
Act badly? |
|
|
Overdo it |
|
|
Tread the boards broadly |
|
|
Play to the balcony |
|
|
Overplay the part |
|
|
Hog the spotlight |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Show feeling |
|
|
Go overboard on stage |
|
|
Chew the scenery |
|
|
Keep up with a ham? |
|
|
Play much too broadly on stage |
|
|
Perform histrionically |
|
|
Cry on cue |
|
|
Not hold back |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Act to the hilt |
|
|
Get melodramatic |
|
|
Wax rhapsodic, perhaps |
|
|
Overdo it on Broadway |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Overdramatize lines |
|
|
Act without restraint |
|
|
Be a hammy actor |
|
|
Overplay one's part |
|
|
Display histrionics |
|
|
Go overboard, in a way |
|
|
Gush |
|
|
Go over the top on Broadway |
|
|
Feign feelings |
|
|
Overplay |
|
|
Overdramatize |
|
|
Show feelings |
|
|
Really ham it up onstage |
|
|
Overdo a scene, say |
|
|
Tenors do it |
|
|
Milk a scene for all it's worth |
|
|
Perform |
|
|
Overdo it, in a way |
|
|
Do a part poorly |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Act badly |
|
|
Overdo it on stage |
|
|
Overplay |
|
|
Behave theatrically |
|
|
Go wild with Wilde or Wilder |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Overdo a part |
|
|
Play to the balcony |
|
|
Overact |
|
|
Wax theatrical |
|
|
Try to steal a scene |
|
|
Act the ham |
|
|
Gush |
|
|
Overdo it on the stage |
|
|
Engage in histrionics |
|
|
Gush |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Act out |
|
|
Display feelings |
|
|
Resemble a ham |
|
|
Play to the rafters |
|
|
Act theatrical |
|
|
Vent strongly |
|
|
Play to the last row |
|
|
Let it all hang out |
|
|
Play to the balcony |
|
|
Play to the last row |
|
|
Exaggerate onstage |
|
|
Play the ham |
|
|
Cry on cue |
|
|
Rage, e.g., onstage |
|
|
Get carried away in Hollywood |
|
|
Be actorish |
|
|
Overdramatize |
|
|
Overdo it on stage |
|
|
Go overboard, in a way |
|
|
Be a ham in "Hamlet"? |
|
|
Act badly |
|
|
Show anger, for example |
|
|
Shed crocodile tears on stage |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Try to out-ham a ham |
|
|
Show feeling |
|
|
Act melodramatically |
|
|
Play to the rafters |
|
|
Ham it up |
|
|
Sturt and fret |
|
|
Act up a storm |
|
|
Be over the top, while acting |
|
|
Get melodramatic |
|
|
Mug |
|
|
Show feeling |
|
|
Tread the boards heavily |
|
|
Play to the balcony |
|
|
Playact |
|
|
Exaggerate onstage |
|
|
Make a scene |
|
|
Cry crocodile tears |
|
|
Let it all hang out |
|
|
Chew scenery |
|
|
Theatricalize |
|
|
Shed crocodile tears |
|
|
Turn on the dramatics |
|
|
Engage in melodramatics |
|
|
Behave like Streep |
|
|
Overplay onstage |
|
|
Act the ham |
|
|
Play the ham |
|
|
Gush feeling |
|
|
Play to the balcony |
|
|
Play without restraint |
|
|
Gush |
|
|
Ham Hamlet |
|
|
Act excessively expressively |
|
|
Go too far in performing |
|
|
Indulge in cabotinage |
|
|
Be histrionic |
|
|
Rage onstage |
|
|
Emulate Pola Negri |
|
|
Pour on the theatrics |
|
|
Sentimentalize |
|
|
Emulate Valentino |
|
|
Throw a tantrum |
|
|
Tear a passion to tatters |
|
|
Act, in a way |
|
|
Act up a storm |
|
|
Act with passion |
|
|
Act dramatically |
|
|
Show feeling |
|
|
Act with feeling |
|
|
Act the ham |
|
|
Mug |
|
|
Act like a thespian |
|
|
Express effusively |
|
|
Emulate Duse |
|
|
Speak theatrically |
|
|
Emulate Pearl White |
|
|
Put on an act |
|
|
Behave like a thespian |
|
|
Perform histrionically |
|
|
Emulate a ham |
|
|
Play the Old Vic |
|
|
Bathe the stage with bathos |
|
|
Be overtheatrical |
|
|
Become maudlin onstage |
|
|
Emulate Barrymore |
|
|
Play to the cheap seats |
|
|
Emulate Cabotin |
|
|
Declaim theatrically |
|
|
Overplay a scene |
|
|
Express dramatically |
|
|
Shed tears onstage |
|
|
Act melodramatically |
|
|
Do some tub-thumping |
|
|
Chew up the set |
|
|
Express sentiment |
|
|
Melodramatize |
|
|
Play it to the hilt |
|
|
Act like Duse |
|
|
Wax dramatic |
|
|
Display grief or joy |
|
|
What hams do |
|
|
Wax histrionic |
|
|
Say it with feeling |
|
|
Act with a capital A |
|
|
Get dramatic |
|
|
Act with a flourish |
|
|
Act to the hilt |
|
|
Act in a certain way |
|
|
Overdo a role |
|
|
Wax operatic |
|
|
Wax theatric |
|
|
Behave theatrically |
|
|
What some divas do |
|
|
Show thespian zeal |
|
|
Affect feeling |
|
|
What some stars do |
|
|
Ham-act |
|
|
Act in "East Lynne" |
|
|
Emulate thespians |
|
|
Be the ham. |
|
|
Ham it up. |
|
|
Play to the gallery. |
|
|
Act in a way. |
|
|
Overplay. |
|
|
Overact: Colloq. |
|
|
Theatricalize. |
|
|
Act, in a way. |
|
|
Play-act. |
|
|
Wax dramatic. |
|
|
Perform, in a way. |
|
|
Dramatize: Colloq. |
|
|
Behave theatrically: Colloq. |
|
|
Act dramatically: Colloq. |
|
|
Melodramatize: Colloq. |
|
|
Run the Thespian's gamut. |
|
|
Be theatrical. |
|
|
Overact. |
|
|
Play-act, in a way. |
|
|
Play the ham. |
|
|
Be melodramatic. |
|
|
Overdo the Thespian bit. |
|
|
Overplay a role: Colloq. |
|
|
Overplay: Colloq. |
|
|
Overdramatize: Colloq. |
|
|
Overact: Slang. |
|
|
"Chew the scenery." |
|
|
Overdo a scene: Colloq. |
|
|
Behave theatrically. |
|
|
Carry on theatrically. |
|
|
What "hams" do. |
|
|
Play it to the hilt. |
|
|
Overdo the heart throbs. |
|
|
Act overdramatically. |
|
|
Overplay a role. |
|
|
Put on a dramatic act. |
|
|
Put on an act. |
|
|
Behave in theatrical manner. |
|
|
Indulge in theatrics. |
|
|
Portray with schmaltz. |
|
|
Put on a scene: Jocose. |
|
|
Overdo the drama. |
|
|
"Chew up the scenery.” |
|
|
Act like a ham. |
|
|
Act in "hearts and flowers" manner. |
|
|
Exhibit imitation feelings. |
|
|
Show feelings: Jocose. |
|
|
Act histrionically: Colloq. |
|
|
Show feeling: Colloq. |
|
|
Give forth feeling. |
|
|
Exhibit feelings: Jocose. |
|
|
Play to the peanut gallery |
|
|
Overdo a scene |
|
|