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belabor the point

[belabor the point] {v. phr.}

To overexplain something to the point of obviousness, resulting in ridicule.

/"Lest I belabor the point," the teacher said, "I must repeat the importance of teaching good grammar in class."/

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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