YOU SAID:
I told her to break a leg. She took it too far.
INTO JAPANESE
私は彼女に足を折るように言った。彼女はそれをやり過ぎた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I told her to take a break. She overdoed it.
INTO JAPANESE
私は彼女に休憩するように言った。彼女はそれをやり過ぎた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I told her to take a break. She overdoed it.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.