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"ref": "1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter IV, in The Small House at Allington",
"text": "\"I like a woman with spirit,\" said Cradell. / \"Oh, so do I. But one may have too much of a good thing.\"",
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"ref": "c. 1922, D. H. Lawrence, “Tickets, Please”, in England, My England",
"text": "\"That you won't either,\" said Muriel, \"Two's company; seven's too much of a good thing.\"",
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"ref": "2003 July 20, James Geary, “Risky business”, in Time",
"text": "Household chemicals are about as personal as modern science gets. We are surrounded by hundreds of them every day — they're in our furnishings, our cosmetics, our vinyl floor tiles and plastic baby bottles. […] Are they too much of a good thing?",
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"Something enjoyable or beneficial which, nevertheless, becomes bothersome or harmful in large quantities or over an extended period of time."
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"word": "too much pudding will choke a dog"
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"word": "embarrassment of riches"
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"word": "toujours perdrix"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"word": "te veel van het goede"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "liian paljon hyvää"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "zuviel des Guten"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "des Guten zu viel"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "za dużo dobrego"
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"word": "co za dużo, to niezdrowo"
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"word": "te veel van het goede"
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"word": "liian paljon hyvää"
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"word": "zuviel des Guten"
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"word": "des Guten zu viel"
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"word": "za dużo dobrego"
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"word": "co za dużo, to niezdrowo"
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