excess baggage

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === excess baggage (uncountable) (literally, travel) Luggage which exceeds the allowable size or weight (as for an airline flight or train trip), and for which an extra fee must therefore be paid. (idiomatic) Something or someone not needed or not wanted; something or someone of little use or importance; something or someone considered burdensome. 1976 Dec. 6, Paul Gray, "Books: Book of Changes" (review of The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston), Time: Exiles and refugees . . . are likely to find the old ways and old language excess baggage, especially if their adopted homeland is the U.S., where the race is to the swift and the adaptable. (idiomatic) A dubious or unhelpful mental outlook, emotional disposition, or personal history. ==== See also ==== (something not needed or not wanted): dead weight travel light === References === “excess baggage”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.