Name: English Tutor Nick P Adjective Phrase (9) Over the Top
Uploaded: 2019-05-31T15:30:55.000Z
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adjective Phrase 9.

The Adjective Phrase today is 'over the top.'

If someone or something is over the top , you think it goes overboard or goes too far or

goes to an excessive or outrageous or ridiculous degree.

So let's take a look at some examples here.

I like that comedian, but he uses too many dirty words in his routine.

His use of dirty words for shock value is really over the top.

Some comedians, when they do stand-up comedy.

Sometimes they like to use a lot of F-words for this for shock value.

But some people don't like that Some people might think that is over the top.

I know Lady Gaga likes to wear outrageous clothes, but her meat dress was an over the

Some think she might have gone a little too far with that one.

I like horror movies, but the amount of gore.

. You know , that is all that bloody detail.

in a lot of the horror movies was over the top.

Remember there are a series of Saw movies, I don't remember how many there were three

But they especially showed a lot of violence and a lot of blood.

Even more than usual for a lot of horror movies So maybe they went a little over the top.

In British English, people sometimes use the abbreviation of OTTT to refer to over the

I know you wanted to get a hairstyle to stand out.

But getting a purple Mohawk was over the top . I know you wanted to get a hairstyle to

But getting a Purple Mohawk was over the top.

Purple of course, meaning they dyed their hair purple but it is a Mohawk.

. Where you shave off all the hair on this side and shave off all the hair on that side.

You just have the hair standing up in the middle.

So saying maybe you went a little too far.

Anyway, I hope you got it, I hope it is clear.

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