Expressing excess (bish az had)

When a pest situation gets out of hand, you might need to describe it as "too much" or "excessive." Farsi uses the phrase بیش از حد (literally "more than the limit") for this.

excessively / too much
بیش از حدbish az had

This versatile phrase acts as an adverb modifying either adjectives or verbs.

Modifying Adjectives ("Too...")

Place بیش از حد right before the adjective you are modifying, just like "too" in English.

Modifying Verbs ("Excessively / Too much")

To describe an action done to an extreme degree, place بیش از حد before the main verb (or the verbal part of a compound verb like سم‌پاشی کردن).