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TheAdmirableStudent Posted 5 years ago
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Is there an idiom for trying to prove yourself when it is not needed?

I heard "crossing the river to get water" but I don't think that exactly fits my point.

  

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Carrying coals to Newcastle. com/Newcastle

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Gilding the lily is in the ballpark.

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It's not an idiom, but I'd call it trying too hard to be noticed.

CJ

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