| 词汇 | overshoot the mark |
| 词源 | overshoot the mark. Overshoot the mark is an old phrase dating from the late 16th century even in its figurative sense of exceeding limits, being irrelevant or inappropriate. Its source is probably archery, which was a popular sport for a thousand years in England. See wide of the mark. |
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