chew up the scenery
chew up 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 up the scenery so much that he was the only one the audience noticed! I love watching hammy actors chew up the scenery in bad movies.
See also: chew, scenery, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- chew on the scenery
- chew 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