Idiom
full to the gills
Meaning
Completely or overly full.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I cannot eat another bite because I am full to the gills.”
“After the holiday dinner, everyone sat on the sofa feeling full to the gills.”
“Having indulged in every course of the elaborate banquet, the guests left the table feeling entirely full to the gills.”
Examples
simple
“I cannot eat another bite because I am full to the gills.”
contextual
“After the holiday dinner, everyone sat on the sofa feeling full to the gills.”
complex
“Having indulged in every course of the elaborate banquet, the guests left the table feeling entirely full to the gills.”
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