larry和李华一起去参观艺术博物馆，他们会用到一个常用语：overkill，这个词本来的意思是过度杀伤，现在引申为“夸张、过分的想法或行为”。
lh: larry, 听我的没错吧。逛艺术博物馆比看电影强多了！
l: well i agree. but the art museum would be even better if it served popcorn too!
lh: 这倒也是，要是博物馆里也卖爆米花、热狗、啤酒，边逛边吃，那该有多舒服啊！
l: hot dogs and beer? i don't know, lihua. i think that might be overkill。
lh: overkill是什么意思？
overkill 夸张的想法
l: when you think that an idea goes too far, you can say that it is overkill。
lh: 哦，overkill就是过份的想法或行为。你是说，在博物馆里卖爆米花似乎还不错，可如果连热狗和啤酒都一起卖就太夸张了。
l: that's right! here is another example. elliot's boss thought about firing him for being an hour late to work, but then decided that would be overkill。
lh: 哦，elliot迟到了一个小时，老板本来想因为这个而炒他的鱿鱼，不过后来觉得，这么做未免太过份了。对了，larry, 博物馆这么好，我们天天来这里逛如何？
l: lihua, i really enjoy the art gallery, but coming here every single day would definitely be overkill。
lh: 什么过份，你真没有艺术细胞！ 我的艺术气质比你浓多了，我在想我干脆去读个艺术史的博士好了！
l: lihua, it's fine to enjoy art as a hobby, but i think getting a phd in art history would really be overkill。
lh: 呵呵，我开玩笑的。对了larry, 你还记得上次咱们去华盛顿看兵马俑展览么？
l: i sure do! that was one of my favorites。
lh: 就是，多好看啊。可惜展出的只是一部分，要是所有兵马俑都到美国来展览就好了！
l; i don't know ... i was satisfied seeing just a few. i think bringing the entire collection here would be overkill。
lh: 才不会呢！要看就得看全的！那个气势，肯定不一样！我给你买张机票，你去中国看吧！
l: lihua, it's nice that you're encouraging me to see the teracotta warriors, but buying me a plane ticket to china is definitely overkill!