full to the gills

full to the gills
Completely or overly full.

Even though the room was full to the gills with people, they managed to push enough people aside to open up a small dance floor.


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  • stuffed to the gills — If someone is stuffed to the gills, they have eaten a lot and are very full …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • stuffed to the gills — in reference to people not fish, meaning full of food or bloated. May be an analogy to a fish that has been prepared as food with stuffing in the abdominal cavity as far as the gills …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • stuffed to the gills —    If someone is stuffed to the gills, they have eaten a lot and are very full.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • to the gills — adverb : as full as possible old cars loaded to the gills with household furniture Meridel Le Sueur * * * to the gills phrase as full as possible The room was packed to the gills. Thesaurus: full of people or thingssynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • (to) the gills — to the ˈgills idiom (informal) completely full • I was stuffed to the gills with chocolate cake. Main entry: ↑gillidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • to the gills — adverb Entirely or extremely; to the greatest degree possible. He came in with a suitcase, packed to the gills with samples and demonstration products. Syn: to the brim, to the full, to the gunnels, to the tonsils …   Wiktionary

  • to the gills — as full as possible The room was packed to the gills …   English dictionary

  • to the gills — phrasal as full or as much as possible < a suitcase packed to the gills > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • to the gills — ► to the gills until completely full. Main Entry: ↑gill …   English terms dictionary

  • to the gills — completely, as full as possible …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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