protest too much

English

Etymology

Shortened from the lady doth protest too much.

Pronunciation

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Verb

protest too much (third-person singular simple present protests too much, present participle protesting too much, simple past and past participle protested too much)

1. (idiomatic) To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.

Translations

insist on something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 此地無銀三百兩／此地无银三百两 (zh) (cǐdì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng)

• Finnish: vakuutella liikaa
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can