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filled to the brim

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  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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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

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

A video recorded earlier that day by Dudelson shows him panning across a room filled to the brim with records: “God-willing, all this stuff survives,” he says calmly while navigating the maze of boxes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

From immersive, poetic installations to ceramics and filmed performance, the Central District art space Wa Na Wari is — as usual — filled to the brim with engaging, in situ art.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

She handed him the largest of the concession stand cups, filled to the brim with tap water.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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