Protest-too-much Definition
verb
(idiomatic) To insist so passionately about something not being true that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.
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Origin of Protest-too-much
From the quotation "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act III, scene II, where it is spoken by Queen Gertrude, Hamlet's mother.
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