too much
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1.2
- idiom
- /tuː mʌtʃ/
:
demasiado
- So it's just too much to take with me.
- too much time
- spend too much
- cost too much
They hear too much, they see too much, they sense too much.
- They hear too much, they see too much, they sense too much.
- So I wouldn't worry too much about that.
- Blindness, yes, you speak up too much, you get cancelled.
- You have all the freedom, but maybe too much, maybe, maybe.
- I don't really get to drink it too much, but yeah.
- It's like, it's not too much, but it's also enough.
- And I was talking too much, saying too much, interrupting too much.
- But if it's just a little bit too much, salty, unforgivable.
- I think people care way too much about sex.
Examples
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This is way too much walking for me.
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When you have too much time on your hands.
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So that takes probably way too much time to do all that.
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The public has come to see higher education as costing too much and delivering too little.
Academic text (1990) -
I don't want to take too much time with this.
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So I wouldn't worry too much about that.
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I don't want to drink too much tea.
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She's had a little too much to drink.
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Common problems include too much work for the fee being paid, and deadlines that are too short.
Academic text (2011) -
I don't want to take too much time on my homework and instead enjoy my evening.
Synonyms
189
3.5
To a degree that is too much or not wanted
48
3.7
Without a good reason
32
3.0
To a degree that is more than needed or acceptable
21
6.9
More than is reasonable or necessary
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
1
7.9
More than is needed
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to a greater degree than is acceptable' is directly and predictably composed from 'too' (exceeding what is suitable) + 'much' (a high degree/amount). This is a basic degree-modifier construction common across languages and standard in English, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Too much gives a clear picture: too means more than and much means a large amount, like a cup that keeps pouring and overflows. So when something is too much, it is 'more than needed'.