chew the scenery

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant. idiomatic
    — Near-synonym: camp it up

词形变化

chews the scenery present,singular,third-person chewing the scenery participle,present chewed the scenery participle,past chewed the scenery past chew on the scenery alternative chew up the scenery alternative

词源

Its earliest reference is listed in the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang as being used by Mary Hallock Foote in Coeur D'Alene in 1894.http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001024
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