сверх меры

• СВЕРХ (СВЫШЕ) (ВСЯКОЙ) МЕРЫ{{}}

[PrepP; these forms only]

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1. Also: ЧЕРЕЗ <ЧРЕЗ> МЕРУ obs [modif]

⇒ to a greater extent than is necessary, permissible, acceptable etc:

- overly;

- excessively;

- exceedingly;

- more than one should.

2. любить, ненавидеть и т.п. кого сверх меры [adv]

⇒ (to love, hate s.o. etc) with extreme intensity:

- beyond (all) measure;

- no end;

- (s.o.'s love <hate etc>) knows no end (bounds);

- [in limited contexts] beyond all reason.

     ♦ Пётр Петрович [Лужин] презирал и ненавидел его [Лебезятникова] даже сверх меры, почти с того самого дня, как у него поселился... (Достоевский 3). ...Pyotr Petrovich despised and hated him [Lebezyatnikov], even beyond measure, and had done so almost from the very day he came to stay with him... (3c). ...He [Mr. Luzhin] had despised and hated him [Lebezyatnikov], beyond all reason even, almost from the very day he had moved in with him... (3a).