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protest too much

To insist so passionately about something not being true that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.

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  • Shortened from the lady doth protest too much.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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too badmuch ado about nothingnot to put too fine a point on itnone tootoo badthe lady doth protest too muchmuch of a muchnessnot much of anythingnot much chopmuch to be saidtoo bad, so sadso much the betterspank you very muchspeak too soon

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