[ guòyóubùjí ] going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short.; to go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.; going too far is as bad as not going far enough.; too much is as bad as too little; excess is just as bad as deficiency.; to overreach the mark is just as bad as not reaching it.; too much water drowned the miller
Example Sentences:
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But going too far is absolutely undesirable 但是，要知道过犹不及，否则就令人厌恶了。
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Extreme right is extreme wrong 极端正确即极端错误。 /过犹不及。
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Too much water drowned the miller 太多了反有害；过犹不及。
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Butter is gold in the morning , silver at noon , lead at night 奶油在早餐是金、午餐是银、晚餐是铅。过犹不及。
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The middle way is a great finding of confucius , also a great contribution , which has “ overdone is worse than undone . ” as its important components 中庸是孔子的一大发现,一大功绩,过犹不及是中庸观的重要内容。
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The ground rule is : never change a contractor s plans unless they are flawed or too costly ( i . e . , the old saying that better is the enemy of good ) 这时的基本原则是：不要改变承包商的计划，除非计划的确有问题或成本过高（比如，俗话说：过犹不及） 。
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" i hope we won ' t have one hundred recommendations - i hope we ' ll have 10 or 12 that are doable , " he said thursday 他认为，财务报告如果过于复杂则过犹不及，应化繁为简。他说： “我并不希望我们有100条的修改建议，我认为有10或12条具有可行性的建议就足够了。 ”
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It is just a pity that this colony is working so hard on behalf of its casing that , in an era when food comes from the supermarket rather than the saannah , the result is rather too good 可惜的是，当我们体内这片“土地”不再贫瘠而是富庶地像个超级市场的时候，细菌们还在拼命地工作，结果只能是过犹不及。
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It is just a pity that this colony is working so hard on behalf of its casing that , in an era when food comes from the supermarket rather than the savannah , the result is rather too good 可惜的是，当我们体内这片“土地”不再贫瘠而是富庶地像个超级市场的时候，细菌们还在拼命地工作，结果只能是过犹不及。
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When it gets to a situation in which there is the expectation and belief that the central bank will always ride to the rescue on almost any problem relating to money , banking and finance , the risk of disappointment is high 但凡事都会有过犹不及的风险，带来反效果。假如市民大众都以为但凡货币银行或金融遇上甚么问题，央行必能即时救御，化险为夷，那他们失望的机会将会很大。
