单词 | filled to the brim |
释义 | filled to the brimSEE SYNONYMS FOR filled to the brim ON THESAURUS.COM 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] Words nearby filled to the brimfillagree, fill away, fille de joie, filled gold, filled milk, filled to the brim, filler, filler cap, filler metal, fillet, filleting The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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