a bit much Definition

bit¹
noun

1. A small piece, part or amount of something.

Thesaurus: fragment, crumb, particle, jot, mite, trifle, scintilla, modicum, speck, pinch, moiety; Antonym: excess, lot.
(Brit)
2. old use
A coin, especially a small coin.
Example: threepenny bit
(N Amer)
3. 12½ cents (ie a quarter, a half, and three-quarters of a dollar, respectively). See also two-bit.

Form: two-bits (only)
Form: four bits
Form: six bits

Idiom: a bit

A short time or distance.
Example: Wait a bit

A little; slightly; rather.
Example: feel a bit of a fool

A lot.
Example: takes a bit of doing

Idiom: a bit much (a bit thick, a bit rich)

colloq
Behaviour that is unacceptable, unreasonable or unfair.

Idiom: a bit of all right

colloq
Someone or something very much approved of.

Idiom: a bit of rough

See under rough.

Idiom: a bit off

(rit)
colloq
Bad manners, taste or behaviour.

Derivative: bit on the side

See separate entry.

Idiom: bit by bit

Gradually; piecemeal.
Thesaurus: gradually, piecemeal, step by step, insidiously; Antonym: wholesale.

Idiom: do one's bit

colloq
To do one's fair share.

Idiom: not a bit (not a bit of it)

Not at all; not to any extent.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon bita in obsolete sense ‘a portion of something bitten off at one time'; see bite.

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much
adj

1. Great in amount or quantity.

Thesaurus: abundant, considerable, voluminous, substantial, ample, plentiful, profuse, lavish, generous; Antonym: inadequate, insufficient, little, limited.

pronoun more (comparative), most (superlative)

1. A great amount or quantity of something

Example: You don't have much luck
Example: How much time is there left?
2. (as pronoun) a great deal; anything of significance or value.

Example: Can you see much?
Example: My belongings don't amount to much

adverb

1. By a great deal.

Example: That looks much prettier
2. To a great degree.

Example: don't like her much
Example: We are much alike
3. Nearly the same; almost. See also more, most.

Example: Things look much as I left them
Form: much the same (often)

Idiom: a bit much

colloq
Rather more that can be tolerated or accepted.
Example: His constant teasing is a bit much

Idiom: as much as ... (much as ...)

Although ....
Example: I cannot come, much as I would like to

Idiom: make much of something or someone

To cherish or take special interest in them or it, or to treat them or it as very important.

Note: with negatives
To find much sense in, or to succeed in understanding, them or it.
Example: couldn't make much of what he was saying

Idiom: not much of a something

colloq
Not a very good example of it; a rather poor one.
Example: I'm not much of a singer

Idiom: not up to much

colloq
Of a poor standard; not much good.

Idiom: too much

colloq
More than can be tolerated or accepted.
Example: I find the noise too much

Idiom: too much for someone

More than a match for them.

Etymology: 13c: from Anglo-Saxon mycel; see mickle.