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(French). Supererogatory, more than enough. Rien de trop, let nothing be in excess. Preserve in all things the golden mean. Also “one too many,” in the way; when a person's presence is not wished for, that person is de trop.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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