汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 過猶不及
過猶不及 (过犹不及)
too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)
过 Excessive / 犹 Like / 不及 Not reach / Overdoing things is the same as underdoing them, which is inappropriate
过过分;犹象;不及达不到。事情做得过头,就跟做得不够一样,都是不合适的。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

过犹不及

Too much water drowned the miller.

好吧,希波克拉底其实是说:“在自然中,一切事物过犹不及。”

OK, what Hippocrates really said: "Everything in excess is opposed to nature."

难道QE出台的效果过犹不及从而将通胀预期推至危险的地步了吗?

Could QE work too well and drive inflation expectations to dangerous levels?

不过,最近的研究表明,鱼油或许并没有像广告宣传的那样具有神效,有时候好东西摄入太多也会过犹不及

But some recent studies of fish oil show that it may not always act as advertised-and that you can sometimes have too much of a good thing.

以家庭血缘关系的爱为起点,推及社会人际之间,至整个宇宙自然。其共同的哲学基础是“过犹不及”的中庸思想。

Based on the common philosophy of the golden mean, this kind of love starts from the family members and then spreads to the society and the whole universe.

在商场中、公司里,我们都有矫枉过正的经历,常常把简单的事情变得太过复杂,其结果往往是起到相反效果,「过犹不及」,这就是我勤练上网截球最宝贵的心得。

In business, we have all had our fair share of overdoing things with unwarranted complexities, which typically winds up with the opposite effect — more is less — as I often do in my volleying.