英语词汇“to the gills”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. to the gills: to the point where no more can be taken; to capacity; to the utmost extent or limit; completely.Frequently with reference to consumption of and intoxication with drink or drugs; see also ripped to the gills at ripped adj. 4, stewed to the gills at stewed adj.¹ c.

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1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iv. vi. 48 I vex'd him to the Gills, Worm, when I put that bitter Bob o' the Baker upon him.

1881 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily News 3 May They realized before morning, no doubt, that it is not very pleasant after all to fill up to the gills with Bock beer.

1909 Los Angeles Sunday Times 26 Dec. ii. 3/1 Any place where genial strangers ‘soused to the gills’ can..buy a few drinks.

1943 Observer 3 Oct. 5/4 There had been times when the liner had been filled with troops to the gills.

1965 Times 5 June 5/5 Many of us..feel stuffed to the gills with political and sociological round-tables and topical magazines.

1978 Lima (Ohio) News 15 Mar. c3/1 I've been on the telephone for four, five days and I'm fed up to the gills.

1990 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 16 Aug. You'd have to be a wide-eyed kid or coked to the gills to actually enjoy a plane ride.

2016 E. Harrison Escaping Perfect v. 70 Along the far wall..were five huge bookcases all packed to the gills with books.

单词	to the gills
释义	> as lemmas to the gills P2. to the gills: to the point where no more can be taken; to capacity; to the utmost extent or limit; completely.Frequently with reference to consumption of and intoxication with drink or drugs; see also ripped to the gills at ripped adj. 4, stewed to the gills at stewed adj.¹ c. ΚΠ 1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iv. vi. 48 I vex'd him to the Gills, Worm, when I put that bitter Bob o' the Baker upon him. 1881 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily News 3 May They realized before morning, no doubt, that it is not very pleasant after all to fill up to the gills with Bock beer. 1909 Los Angeles Sunday Times 26 Dec. ii. 3/1 Any place where genial strangers ‘soused to the gills’ can..buy a few drinks. 1943 Observer 3 Oct. 5/4 There had been times when the liner had been filled with troops to the gills. 1965 Times 5 June 5/5 Many of us..feel stuffed to the gills with political and sociological round-tables and topical magazines. 1978 Lima (Ohio) News 15 Mar. c3/1 I've been on the telephone for four, five days and I'm fed up to the gills. 1990 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 16 Aug. You'd have to be a wide-eyed kid or coked to the gills to actually enjoy a plane ride. 2016 E. Harrison Escaping Perfect v. 70 Along the far wall..were five huge bookcases all packed to the gills with books. extracted from gilln.¹ < as lemmas
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