ham it up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,acting)Todeliberatelyexaggerateone'semotionsormovements, or tooveractor acthammily.Synonyms:ham,chew the scenery,melodramatize,overact,tear a catNear-synonym:camp it upYou can count on him toham it upfor the camera.

Examples:

EN: Oh, yeah, and he told us how the actors used to ham it up with the broad gestures and the asides to the audience and the business with the cape.
ES: Oh, sí, y nos contó cómo los actores solían sobreactuar... con gestos amplios y los comentarios al público... y el asunto con la capa.
EN: Don't ham it up.
ES: No te pongas colorado.
EN: You just had to do your number and ham it up!
ES: ¡Tenías que interpretar tu numerito!
EN: You ready? Yeah. All right, ham it up, okay?
ES: Escuche, traje a mi hermano inválido y el es un... gran fan y me preguntaba si podría dejarlo entrar.
EN: Let's ham it up a little?
ES: Vamos a exagerar un poco, ¿eh?
EN: And don't ham it up.
ES: Y no sobreactúes.
EN: It's only one line, but I'm gonna ham it up like you wouldn't believe.
ES: Es sólo una frase, pero la exageraré como nunca.
EN: this is very deep I hope you can survive this is very deep I hope you can survive this Hank anytime I had the camera on them behind anytime I had the camera on them behind the scenes they would ham it up poor we
ES: - Espero que sobrevivas. ¡Y tres, dos, uno, acción! ¡Corte!
EN: the scenes they would ham it up poor we the scenes they would ham it up poor we won't even get you who are we going to won't even get you who are we going to won't even get you who are we going to get to do the bladder makeup again I
ES: A quién vamos a despedir... ¿A quién vamos a referirnos al maquillaje de la vejiga?
ES: A quién vamos a despedir... ¿A quién vamos a referirnos al maquillaje de la vejiga?
EN: - I kind of wanted to ham it up and dress like an old lady.
ES: Quería exagerar y vestirme como una señora mayor.
EN: Obviously you were assigned that magazine to, you know, ham it up.
ES: Obviamente te asignaron esa revista para, ya sabes, darte de comer.
EN: I'm just gonna ham it up onstage.
ES: Voy a ser la reina del escenario.
EN: You don't have to ham it up here.
ES: - No sobreactúes. - Hablo en serio.
EN: Keep going, but don't ham it up.
ES: Continúa Caroline, pero sin fanfarronear.
EN: - How is it that she doesn't know how to ham it up in front of a camera?
ES: ¿Cómo es que no sabe lucirse frente a una cámara?

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