brim

brim over

1. Of a liquid, to flow over the top of a container. Turn off the burner before the soup brims over!
2. To exhibit something, such as a trait or emotion, to a great degree. With our trip just days away, the kids are totally brimming over with excitement. This song just brims over with emotion.
See also: brim, over

brim with (something)

1. Literally, to be filled to the upper rim (or "brim") of a particular container or thing. The basket was brimming with muffins, so I didn't know which kind to choose! Now that we're back from vacation, the hamper is just brimming with dirty clothes.
2. By extension, to exhibit something, such as a trait or emotion, to a great degree. With our trip just days away, the kids are brimming with excitement. This song just brims with emotion.
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filled to the brim

1. Completely full; teeming; having no room to spare. I've got so many meetings and deadlines these days that my schedule is filled to the brim! Her mind was filled to the brim with ideas for her new book. I felt filled to the brim after my grandmother's Thanksgiving meal.
2. Intensely experiencing a particular feeling or emotion. She is filled to the brim with nervous energy now that her performance is just a week away.
See also: brim, fill

full to the brim

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 brim! Her mind was full to the brim with ideas for her new book. I felt full to the brim after my grandmother's Thanksgiving meal.
See also: brim, full
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

brim over (with something)

 and brim with something
to overflow with something. The basket was brimming over with flowers. I was brimming with confidence after my recent success.
See also: brim, over

brimming with something

Fig. full of some kind of happy behavior. The volunteer workers were brimming with goodwill. The smiling children were brimming with joy.
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filled to the brim

filled all the way full; filled up to the top edge. I like my coffee cup filled to the brim. If the glass is filled to the brim, I can't drink without spilling the contents.
See also: brim, fill
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

filled to the brim

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]
See also: brim, fill
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

brim

n. a hat. Man, that is one fine brim you got.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

filled to the brim

As full of something as possible. The transfer from a container filled to the very top to other matters took place in the sixteenth century, so by 1601 Shakespeare wrote, “He will fill thy wishes to the brimme” (“Antony and Cleopatra,” 3.13). W. S. Gilbert used the term to describe the three little maids in The Mikado (1885): “Filled to the brim with girlish glee.”
See also: brim, fill
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • brim over
  • oil burner
  • inherit (something) from (someone)
  • inherit from
  • there was/is something about (someone or something)
  • there's something about (someone or something)
  • there's something about somebody/something
  • as (something) as they come
  • as as they come
  • as clever, stupid, etc. as they come
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"That's in our employee manuals and we preach it constantly," Brim said.
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A fedora was--and still is--typically made of wool or fur felt, with a crease down the middle, a pinch on either side up front, a contrasting hatband, and a flat brim. Unlike today's ubiquitous baseball cap (which in the WWII years was the almost exclusive domain of baseball players), a fedora was not pulled down tight on the head, but sat higher, with dignity.
What's a man without a hat?
She recommends a Breton style that turns up at the brim.
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In the Uniform tests (40 locations), Soyola matured on the same day as the check cultivar Brim in full-season planting.
Registration of 'Soyola' soybean
* Wear a wide-brimmed hat (at least 4-inch brim) that produces a shadow that covers the eyes, nose, face, ears, and neck.
Sun safety: What outdoor-based employees should know. (Health)
Environmental Protection Agency's Worker Protection Standard for Agriculture requires a chemical-resistant hood or chemical-resistant hat with a wide brim for pesticide application if the pesticide label calls for head protection.
Protective Headgear for Midwestern Agriculture: A Limited Wear Study
For example, a woman with a square face can wear a hat with a 2-inch-wide or medium-sized brim. An oval face would require a large, straight or floppy-brimmed hat.
Hats Off
The night milk flowed My eye is a pitcher, I am a pitcher - Full to the brim with milk and cream, Brim full with cream and milk .
The night the milk flowed
My hat had a brim wide as Saturn, hers was earthbound, no brim at all.
In the pit of crinoline ruffles
The companies are Patrick Lumber Co., a softwood lumber exporter; West State Inc., a ship repair contractor; Total Logistics Resources Inc., a shipping company; and Brim Inc., which owns and manages hospitals and retirement homes.
International arrivals
For each hat, you'll need a 14-inch square of corrugated cardboard (smooth on both sides) for the brim and a 24-inch square of pliable cardboard wrap (smooth on one side) for the cone.
Haunted hats
(NYSE: AJG) has acquired an 85% interest in Stockholm, Sweden-based insurance broker Brim AB, the company said.
Gallagher Acquires Majority Stake in Swedish Insurance Broker Brim
(NYSE: AJG) has acquired an 85 percent interest in Brim AB, with annualized revenues totaling approximately USD11 million, the company said.
Arthur J. Gallagher acquires majority interest in Brim AB