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n. 1 (context literally travel English) luggage which exceeds the allowable size or weight (as for an airline flight or train trip), and for which an extra fee must therefore be paid. 2 (context idiomatic English) Something or someone not needed or not wanted; something or someone of little use or importance; something or someone considered burdensome. 3 (context idiomatic English) A dubious or unhelpful mental outlook, emotional disposition, or personal history.
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Excess Baggage is a 1997 crime- comedy film written by Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais, and directed by Marco Brambilla about a neglected young woman who stages her own kidnapping to get her father's attention, only to be actually kidnapped by a car thief. The film stars Alicia Silverstone (who was also an uncredited producer), Benicio del Toro, and Christopher Walken.
Excess Baggage is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Claud Allister, Frank Pettingell, Sydney Fairbrother, Rene Ray, Gerald Rawlinson and Viola Compton. Its plot concerns a British army Colonel mistakenly who thinks he has killed his superior officer while hunting down a ghost. It was made at Twickenham Studios in west London.
Excess Baggage is an Australian television reality show that first aired on 30 January 2012 on the Nine Network. It was universally criticised for its poor production values and due to dismal ratings it was moved to digital channel GO! on 13 February 2012, sometimes repeat on GEM. The basic premise involves eight celebrities teamed with eight contestants in a weight loss competition. It features three experts: psychologist Dr. Timothy Sharp (AKA Dr. Happy), nutritionist Dr. Joanna McMillan and personal trainer Christian Marchegiani.
Excess Baggage is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and distributed by MGM. The film was based on the play of the same name by John McGowan. The film starred William Haines, Josephine Dunn and Kathleen Clifford.
Excess baggage usually refers to checked baggage that exceeds a carrier's maximum permitted weight or volume and for which an additional charge is payable.
Excess Baggage is the name of several films and a television series.
Usage examples of "excess baggage".
Unless one wipes out the riffraff and excess baggage, one gets an awful lot of problems—.
Unless one wipes out the riffraff and excess baggage, one gets an awful lot of problems-problems like we have now.
They weighed forty-six pounds taken together, and I paid excess baggage on the six pounds.
She came with so much excess baggage that a lot of men would think she was more trouÂ.
She came with so much excess baggage that a lot of men would think she was more trouble than she was worth.
Too many people are crushed by the excess baggage they're carrying.
In addition, being included in the ritual gave them a sense of being part of the hunt, and not merely excess baggage.
I'm picking up the pieces and going back to work where I worked best, but I don't want any excess baggage with me that might make me a target.
Nor do you strike me as the sort of man who carries around a tot of excess baggage.
Oh, I was helping, answering her questions, going over her drafts, punching up the prose, showing her how to leave just enough excess baggage in the stories so Walter would have something to cut out and shout at her about and thus remain a happy man.
They'd seen cases of powerful enforced transformations and assumed that she'd encountered an independent Sensitive with a real hot lust and no room for excess baggage.