Idiom
packed to the rafters
Meaning
Completely full (of things, of stuff); packed; stuffed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The small basement is packed to the rafters with old boxes.”
“The concert hall was packed to the rafters, leaving no room for anyone else to stand.”
“Although the library archives were packed to the rafters with dusty manuscripts, the researcher remained determined to find the missing document.”
Examples
simple
“The small basement is packed to the rafters with old boxes.”
contextual
“The concert hall was packed to the rafters, leaving no room for anyone else to stand.”
complex
“Although the library archives were packed to the rafters with dusty manuscripts, the researcher remained determined to find the missing document.”
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