Structure
Verb + にもほどがある
［い］Adjective + にも + ほどがある
［な］Adjective + にも + ほどがある
Noun + にも + ほどがある
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About にもほどがある
にも程がある is an expression that will often be used fairly critically in order to state that something is too much, based on the speaker's personal opinion. Common translations include 'how (A) can one be', 'there is a limit to (A)', or 'you are too (A)'.
Being that it is composed of the case-marking particle に, adverbial particle も, the noun 程 'bounds', and がある 'to have', the more literal meaning of 'there are bounds even within (A)' also carries the critical nuance of the more standard translations.
This structure may follow almost any word type in their standard forms.
Being that it is composed of the case-marking particle に, adverbial particle も, the noun 程 'bounds', and がある 'to have', the more literal meaning of 'there are bounds even within (A)' also carries the critical nuance of the more standard translations.
This structure may follow almost any word type in their standard forms.
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お前またぶっ倒れるまで飲み続けたの？飲み過ぎにも程があるよ。You drank until you blacked again? There is a limit to how much you should drink.
- あいつからまたメールがきた。また「今夜も泊めて！」だってさ。図々しいにも程があるって。I got a text from him again. He said, 'Let me crash at your place again!' There is a limit to how shameless one can be.
- 敬語使わないのは別として、先輩に向かって「お前」っていうのはどうかと思うよ。失礼にも程がある。Setting aside you not using keigo, I don't think you should say 'you' towards your senpai. There is a limit to how impolite you can be.
- そういうことは相手を傷つけるかもしれないから冗談にしないほうがいいよ。冗談にも程がある。Things like that could hurt the other person's feelings, so you should not joke about that. There are limits to jokes too.
Caution
Despite being used negatively in the vast majority of situations, there are instances where にも程がある will be used positively with adjectives such as かわいい 'cute' or うまい 'delicious'. In sentences like this, the grammar structure is being used jokingly to express admiration or approval.-
なんだこれは！店出せるほどの美味しさじゃん！うまいにも程があるだろ。What the heck is this!? This is so good you can open a restaurant! There is a limit to how good it can be!
Examples
自信を持ち過ぎている友達１:「遅かれ早かれノーベル賞を受賞してみせるよ。」
言い過ぎへの反応をする友達２：「ノーベル賞を受賞なんて冗談にもほどがあるぞ。」Overconfident friend1: 'Sooner or later, I will definitely win a Nobel Prize.'
Friend2 who is reacting to the overstatement: 'Getting a Nobel Prize? There are limits to jokes, too.'Aが勝手にBの部屋に入ってきた状況：「こんな時間に部屋に押しかけてくるなんて、いったいどういう神経しているんだ。失礼にもほどがある。」
A situation in which A entered B's room without permission: 'What a nerve, to barge into a person's room at this hour. There is a limit to how impolite you can be!'
Expressions like デリカシーがない might be used instead of 失礼 to make the sentence more friendly.
常に迷子になってしまう方向音痴の友人へ：「高校生のくせに学校から帰る途中で道に迷うなんて方向音痴にもほどがあるよ。」
To a friend with a poor sense of direction that gets lost on daily basis: 'To get lost on the way home from school despite being a high schooler, there is a limit to how bad with directions you can be!'
「まったく最近の若い子って、目上の人がしゃべっているのにおしゃべりするなんて礼儀知らずにもほどがある。」
'Seriously, youths these days, to talk when one's superior is talking, there is a limit to how mannerless one can be.'
親が友達と話す：「うちの子供たちはずっと一日中二人でゲームしてるよ。起きてから何も食べずにゲーム三昧よ。不健康な生活にもほどがあるよね。」
Parent speaks with a friend: 'My children play games all day long. They wake up and without eating anything, and then they are absorbed in their games. There is a limit to how unhealthy life one can live.'
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