ham it up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

(idiomatic, acting) To deliberately exaggerate one's emotions or movements, or to overact or act badly.
You can count on him to ham it up for the camera.

Synonyms

chew the scenery, ham, melodramatize, overact, tear a cat

Translations

performing arts: exaggerate one's emotions or movements

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有意誇張, 有意夸张 (yǒuyì kuāzhāng), 表演過火 (zh), 表演过火 (zh) (biǎoyǎn guòhuǒ)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: met opzet overdrijven
Finnish: ylinäytellä, liioitella (fi)
French: cabotiner (fr)
German: zu dick auftragen

Hungarian: megjátssza magát
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: exagerar (na atuação)
Russian: переи́грывать (ru) (pereígryvatʹ), переигра́ть (ru) (pereigrátʹ)
Spanish: sobreactuar (es), dramatizar (es)
Swedish: spela över

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