filled to the brim

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]

Example Sentences

Still, Corinthians Arena was filled to the brim Friday night with nearly 50,000 people, and fans — overwhelmingly adorned in red Chiefs jerseys — who stood the majority of the game.

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The stadium, to Epstein’s relief, was filled to the brim with nary an empty seat to be found.

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

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The shelves, as the book shows, are filled to the brim with collectibles, many of them part of the collection of Black culture, which her friend James Brown first helped her curate.

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

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