scenery-chewing in English

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      "form": "more scenery-chewing",
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          "ref": "2022 November 19, Caryn James, “Spielberg's The Fabelmans review: An emotional crowd-pleaser”, in BBC:",
          "text": "When Mitzi's Uncle Boris (a scenery-chewing Judd Hirsch) visits, he is too on the nose when he advises, \"Art will tear your heart out.\"",
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        "That chews the scenery; excessively flamboyant or overacting"
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    {
      "form": "more scenery-chewing",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
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        "superlative"
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"scenery-chewing" meaning in English

Adjective