chew on the scenery

To be exaggeratedly or flamboyantly melodramatic or overly emotional while acting a role, as for television, theater, or film. I hated working with him on that play—every night he'd go out and chew on the scenery so much that he was the only one the audience noticed! I love watching hammy actors chew on the scenery in bad movies.

词组	chew on the scenery
释义	chew on the scenery chew on the scenery To be exaggeratedly or flamboyantly melodramatic or overly emotional while acting a role, as for television, theater, or film. I hated working with him on that play—every night he'd go out and chew on the scenery so much that he was the only one the audience noticed! I love watching hammy actors chew on the scenery in bad movies. See also: chew, on, scenery Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: chew the scenery chew up the scenery east (some score) from the East German judge german beefed out give (someone) a big head shoot a line get a big head false pride
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