What does やりすぎなほど mean on this page of Yotsubato!


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What does 「やりすぎなほど」mean here ?

From what I know, 「ほど」 is used to express the extent of something and 「やりすぎ」
means overdoing/excessive etc., Does this translate to something like
"Awesome!" ? Or does the literal translation mean something else?

Also, is the usage of「な」 here unconventional ? I have never really seen 「な」
used after noun so far (I am a beginner).




> **よつば** : あのなー キツツキみたよ！You know what? I saw a woodpecker!
>
> **葉介** : へー どんなだった？Really? What was it like?
>
> **よつば** : きーつついてた！やりすぎなほど！It was pecking wood! Way too much (lit. to an
> extent that could be called overkill)!

The 「きーつついてた」 part, meaning the same as 「木をつついてた」, is a pun on 「キツツキ」.

「やりすぎなほど！」 is an additional comment to the previous pun. やりすぎ (overkill) is
used as an adjective while it normally is just a verb-derived noun (do + too
much). There is a similar question about the use of な after nouns
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/1547/using-%e3%81%aa-
particle-after-common-nouns-non-na-adjectives).

Note that it's perfectly grammatical to use な with na-adjectives like in ジョジョの
**奇妙{きみょう}な** 冒険{ぼうけん} (JoJo's **Bizarre** Adventure).




> **よつば** : あのなー キツツキみたよ！You know what? I saw a woodpecker!
>
> **葉介** : へー どんなだった？Really? What was it like?
>
> **よつば** : きーつついてた！やりすぎなほど！It was pecking wood! Way too much (lit. to an
> extent that could be called overkill)!

The 「きーつついてた」 part, meaning the same as 「木をつついてた」, is a pun on 「キツツキ」.

「やりすぎなほど！」 is an additional comment to the previous pun. やりすぎ (overkill) is
used as an adjective while it normally is just a verb-derived noun (do + too
much). There is a similar question about the use of な after nouns
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/1547/using-%e3%81%aa-
particle-after-common-nouns-non-na-adjectives).

Note that it's perfectly grammatical to use な with na-adjectives like in ジョジョの
**奇妙{きみょう}な** 冒険{ぼうけん} (JoJo's **Bizarre** Adventure).

