Idiom
stuffed to the gills
Meaning
Completely full.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I cannot eat another bite because I am stuffed to the gills.”
“After the holiday dinner, everyone sat on the sofa feeling completely stuffed to the gills.”
“Having been stuffed to the gills by the host's generous hospitality, the guests could barely manage to stand up and leave the table.”
Examples
simple
“I cannot eat another bite because I am stuffed to the gills.”
contextual
“After the holiday dinner, everyone sat on the sofa feeling completely stuffed to the gills.”
complex
“Having been stuffed to the gills by the host's generous hospitality, the guests could barely manage to stand up and leave the table.”
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