full as a tick



*full as a tick

very full of food or drink. (Alludes to a tick that has filled itself full of blood. See also tight as a tick. *Also: as ~.) Little Billy ate and ate until he was as full as a tick. Our cat drank the cream until he became full as a tick.
See also: full, tick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chariovalda-Ancient Germanic
Hirokihee-ṙo-keeJapanese
Acre['eikə]
Ruslanroo-SLAHN (Russian)Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Cheche
Claribel['kleəribel]
LesleyLEZ-lee, LES-leeEnglish