这位妻子对她的丈夫说："约翰，我们最好现在不要匆忙地买新汽车。我们手上还有其他要付的帐，我们没有能力再每个月为新汽车付还借款。"
To go overboard 也可以用在商业界。下面是一个股票商在对他的顾客提出一些劝告:
例句-4: "I wouldn't go overboard and buy a lot of stock in that company right now. I hear their profit is down from what it was last year."
这位股票商说："我现在决不会太轻率地大量买那个公司的股票。我听说他们今年的利润比去年的低了。"