过甚其词 guò shèn qí cí exaggerate

Explanation

指说话过分，不符合实际情况。

Refers to a statement as exaggerated and not corresponding to reality.

Origin Story

小明参加了学校的演讲比赛。他准备的演讲稿内容丰富，事例翔实，但为了追求更好的效果，他在演讲中加入了一些夸张的修辞手法，比如把学校的食堂饭菜夸得跟山珍海味一样美味，把参加活动的人数描述得比实际多了十倍。评委老师们听后觉得小明的演讲稿整体不错，但有些地方过于夸张，有些“过甚其词”了。他们建议小明在以后的演讲中，更加注重内容的真实性和准确性，避免夸大其词，才能更好地打动观众。

xiǎoming cānjiā le xuéxiào de yǎnjiǎng bǐsài. tā zhǔnbèi de yǎnjiǎng gǎo nèiróng fēngfù, shìlì xiángshí, dàn wèile zhuīqiú gèng hǎo de xiàoguǒ, tā zài yǎnjiǎng zhōng jiārù le yīxiē kuāzhāng de xiūcí shǒufǎ, bǐrú bǎ xuéxiào de shítáng fàncài kuā de gēn shānzhen hǎiwèi yīyàng měiwèi, bǎ cānjiā huódòng de rénshù miáoshù de bǐ shíjì duō le shí bèi. píngwěi lǎoshīmen tīng hòu juéde xiǎoming de yǎnjiǎng gǎo zhěngtǐ bùcuò, dàn yǒuxiē dìfāng guòyú kuāzhāng, yǒuxiē 'guò shèn qí cí' le. tāmen jiànyì xiǎoming zài yǐhòu de yǎnjiǎng zhōng, gèng duō zhùzhòng nèiróng de zhēnshíxìng hé zhǔnquèxìng, bìmiǎn kuā dà qí cí, cáinéng gèng hǎo de dǎdòng guānzhòng.

Xiaoming participated in the school's speech contest. His prepared speech was rich in content and detailed examples, but to achieve a better effect, he added some exaggerated rhetorical devices in his speech, such as praising the school cafeteria's food as delicious as delicacies and describing the number of participants as ten times more than the actual number. The judges felt that Xiaoming's speech was good overall, but some parts were too exaggerated, a bit "over the top". They suggested that Xiaoming should pay more attention to the truthfulness and accuracy of his content in future speeches and avoid exaggerations to better move the audience.

Usage

作谓语、宾语；形容话说过了头。

zuò wèiyǔ, bīnyǔ; xiángróng huà shuō guò le tóu

Used as predicate or object; describes a statement as exaggerated.

Examples

• 他的说法未免过甚其词。

  tā de shuōfǎ wèimiǎn guò shèn qí cí

  His statement is a bit exaggerated.

• 媒体对事件的报道过甚其词，夸大了实际情况。

  méitǐ duì shìjiàn de bàodào guò shèn qí cí，kuādà le shíjì qíngkuàng

  The media's report of the incident was exaggerated, overstating the facts..

Related Idioms

• 言过其实

• 夸大其词

Opposite Idioms

• 恰如其分

• 实事求是

• 适可而止