Idiom
packed to the gills
Meaning
Completely packed; very full or crowded.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The small bus is packed to the gills today.”
“We arrived at the concert late, and the venue was already packed to the gills with excited fans.”
“By the time the final guest arrived, the tiny apartment was packed to the gills, leaving barely enough room for anyone to move.”
Examples
simple
“The small bus is packed to the gills today.”
contextual
“We arrived at the concert late, and the venue was already packed to the gills with excited fans.”
complex
“By the time the final guest arrived, the tiny apartment was packed to the gills, leaving barely enough room for anyone to move.”
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