Abu Musa reported that the Prophet ﷺ heard a man praise another man and he was using exaggeration in his praise of him. The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have destroyed - or broken - the man's back."

سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلاً يُثْنِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ وَيُطْرِيهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَهْلَكْتُمْ أَوْ قَطَعْتُمْ ظَهْرَ الرَّجُلِ