filled to the brim

Idioms  

1. As full as possible; also, completely satisfied. For example, We're filled to the brim with excitement. This expression transfers the idea of a container filled to the very top. W.S. Gilbert used it in the comic opera The Mikado (1885): “Three little maids from school are we, Filled to the brim with girlish glee.” [c. 1600]

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filled to the brim

Sumayyah Zara Sillah's eyes light up as she takes hold of a takeaway box filled to the brim with strips of golden-coated Nashville-style hot tenders, dripping with sauce.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

The real-estate investor took off her shoes, sanitized her feet and waded into a giant vat filled to the brim with juicy grapes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

If you were there, you saw that show filled to the brim, not one laugh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

Still, some consumers went home with multiple bags and, in one instance, a cart filled to the brim, per a video on TikTok.

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

Saturday nights was the only time we had hot water, in a tin tub filled to the brim with the water Mama heated for my bath.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome

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