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This situation is over the top. Someone do something to stop all this bickering.

Going Over The Top 

A phrase used during World War I to describe men climbing out of their trenches to attack the opposing trenches. Before running into a wall of rifle and machine gun fire, the attackers were usually given a warm meal, a bit of rum, and said potential goodbyes to each other before facing almost certain death. It was considered the greatest test a man could ever face.
"As time passed, apprehension became acute as I weighed my chances for surviving the attack. No; I could not so easily give up. The grip of life was tightening on me and more than ever I wanted to live." -British Liaison Officer before going over the top at the Third Battle of Ypres
Going Over The Top by Kurt051 March 23, 2011

over the top 

Shortened as 'OTT', it pertains to anyone that has crossed the limits of sanity or anger in a conversation, relationship, or situation, or gone crazy to the point of danger.

Its roots come from the trenches of WWI, where anyone who had lost their mind from war trauma and battle would disobey orders and climb over the top of the protective trenches, leading to immediate death.
"Damn, he just went over the top yesterday!"

or

"People say she went over the top, but noone really knows."
over the top by Drizze March 8, 2005

over the top 

a ridiculous movie about arm wrestling starring sylvester stallone that could only have been made during the 80s.
the only way stallone could follow up such an awesome movie as over the top, was to make rambo iii.
over the top by robot_ January 28, 2006

over the top 

"Over the top" refers to having a certain quality in excess of reason, so that it becomes abrasive.
It is good to project an image of confidence, but an excess of apparent confidence that is essentially boasting can be considered "over the top". It is good to be assertive, but if one is assertive to the point of being nasty, this would be considered "over the top".
over the top by FLA June 14, 2005

over the top 

1) When someone says something ridiculous

2) In World War One, sending troops across no-man's-land was called going "over the top" since soldiers climbed out of the trenches.

3) A term used in politics that refers to the point that a party has enough seats/votes to form the government with no chance for opponents to catch up.
1) When Bob told me he was buying a tarantula, I thought he'd gone over the top.

2) Bob's commanding officer sent him over the top when the enemy advance started.

3) At around 11 pm on election night, the media declared that Bob was over the top since 75% of polls were in and he already won 155 seats.