"to over-egg the pudding"

Question

How would you convey this meaning in Spanish of "spoiling something by trying too hard to improve it"?

Excellent question. - annierats, Dec 13, 2011

Answer 1

Astropear algo por hacer un eforte desmasiado grande?

I'm only trying, in the hope of a native coming to your rescue. Bienvenido al foro! It's an interesting question.

Thank you, but , for future reference, you will get more answers if you wait a bit. - annierats, Dec 13, 2011

exactly, wonder if you have an idiomatic expression for this in spanish - olgapro, Dec 13, 2011

I'm sure there is. But I don't know it. - annierats, Dec 13, 2011

Answer 2

What comes to mind for me is the English expression "You can have too much of a good thing."
My big fat dictionary offer, in Spanish, the expression:
"Lo mucho cansa (y lo poco agrada)."
I confess I do not understand the Spanish but perhaps someone like Gekkosan, Julian Chivas or Heidita can explain it.

Muchos saludos,
Moe

Think of cansa in the context of becoming tired of, tiresome. - 0074b507, Dec 13, 2011

Thank you, Moe - olgapro, Dec 14, 2011

Answer 3

Estropear algo por hacer un gran esfuerzo por mejorarlo.