full to the gills



full to the gills

Completely full; teeming; having no room to spare. I've got so many meetings and deadlines these days that my schedule is full to the gills! Her mind was full to the gills with ideas for her new book. I felt full to the gills after my grandmother's Thanksgiving meal.
See also: full, gill

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gastone-Italian
Amabilis-Late Roman
NÉLida-Literature, Spanish
Higiniee-ZHEE-neeCatalan
KingaKEEN-gah (Polish), KEEN-gaw (Hungarian)Polish, Hungarian
Launce-Literature