take things a little too far(в своих действиях: "(...) Captain Jonathan Gormick explains they had to step in when one man took things a little too far. "We had to physically restrain someone who brought a pick-up truck and was attempting to fill garbage pails full of salt in the back of their pick-up truck, which is more than what any one resident could use for their sidewalk and driveway." " (News 1130) – пришлось вмешаться... зашёл слишком далеко ART Vancouver)
