More than the measure/ too much/ more than enough
Too much. More than the amount required.
("And the boy informed his father of this, and then his father went to see whether the matter was true and correct, and saw that it was very extravagant, more than the measure" - Malbim, Exodus 3:7; and also: "Perhaps the heat had over-salted his stew, or its salting was excessive... and that is no proof" - Y. Burla, Kissufim, 64)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יֶתֶר עַל הַמִּידָּה
Definition (Hebrew)
יוֹתֵר מִדַּי. יוֹתֵר מֵהַמִּידָּה הַדְּרוּשָׁה.
("וְהַבֵּן הוֹדִיעַ זֹאת לְאָבִיו, וְאָז הָלַךְ אָבִיו לִרְאוֹת אִם אֱמֶת נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר וְרָאָה שֶׁהוּא מִפָּרִיז מְאֹד יֶתֶר עַל הַמִּדָּה"- מַלְבִּי"ם שְׁמוֹת ג ז, וְכֵן:"אֶפְשָׁר הַקַּדַּחַת אֶת תַּבְשִׁילוֹ, אוֹ שֶׁהַמְלָחָתוֹ יֶתֶר עַל הַמִּדָּה...וְאֵין מִכָּאן רְאָיָה"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 64)