Self-sacrifice, such as being overly helpful, making do with second best, quietly making long-suffering signs but refusing help, or lapping up gratefulness.

Probably being overly helpful.

Not an overly helpful appraisal but several cardboard cases were labeled MRE, and Keikano already knew that Jean-Claude had found the powdery sweet stuff in his gift packets.

Liice I really know how to use it, she scolded herself "It's no problem," the overly helpful crewman insisted.

Going veggie is highly inefficient ecologically and not overly helpful for those who lives in more extreme climates where growing crops is problematic.

That's an overly helpful onlooker who constantly gives directions about where to point, click and scroll.

China, Nomuri reminded himself, had been in the business of torturing criminals and other unloved ones for thousands of years... and his ethnicity would not be overly helpful.

The answer that finally came back several days later was expected, but not overly helpful.

The irony is that the same local officials who are saying we're not supportive of public access are not being overly helpful.

Here the police had ruthlessly controlled the TV coverage, which was perfectly sensible, Popov thought, but not overly helpful to him.