brimming with

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.
See also: brim
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
See also: brim
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • brim with (something)
  • grow out of
  • grow out of (something)
  • rim
  • under pressure
  • bubble over
  • boil down
  • overflow with
  • grab bag
  • boil over
References in periodicals archive
After two weeks off, the Churchill Street cabaret venue has gone from being full of the joys of spring to brimming with summer love.
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A convoluted plot keeps Tinera of Vieste brimming with surprises, even as it affirms the abiding and transcendent power of love.
Tinera of Vieste
Though each poem is brief, all are brimming with indefatigable human emotion.
The Powow River Anthology
It's brimming with useful stuff, including practical advice, auditioning tips, backstage etiquette, ballet history, and a big section on training safely.
Ballet best friend
Art educator Cherie Lynn hosts Rainy Day Art 2, an art adventurefor parents and kids brimming with colorful, inexpensive, easy-to-make "kid friendly" projects especially for young people ages 5 and up.
Rainy Day Art 2
The region around Thebes, known as the Valley of the Kings, houses the most magnificent tombs of ancient Egypt, brimming with ancient mummies and artifacts.
Treasures of the Pharaohs
An emotionally sweeping testimony, brimming with loss and longing in its gradual journey toward acceptance, Swimming With Maya presents its emotion in clear, raw terms that reach out to touch the heart.
Swimming With Maya: A Mother's Story
A taut, fast-paced narrative brimming with edge-of-seat excitement.
Torpedo
The thrust of the new complex is to redefine the area's persona from a former seasonal resort area to a thriving downtown environment brimming with social activity year-round.
Pier Village development underway
New, 2002 Pitsco LEGO Dacta catalog is brimming with hundreds of hands-on, minds-on, mechanisms, interactive CD-ROMs, and stimulating books that introduce young learners to elementary engineering, programming, mechanics and mechanical design, space exploration, and more.
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Bookshelves are brimming with millennial titles by both secular and religious publishers.
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Brimming with energy, originality and killer vocals - there is little doubt that 2011 is going to be the year of The Kixx.
2011 will be a good year for The Kixx
A witty, insightful chronicle brimming with wisdom, experience, and more than a few life lessons learned the hard way.
The Autobiography of G.K. Chesterton
A challenging self-help book filled with inspirational true anecdotes, The Courage Code is brimming with motivation drawn directly from the lives of ordinary women who stood up for themselves.
The Courage Code
Princeton University teacher Linda Gregg's sixth poetry collection, In the Middle Distance is an anthology of brief, free-verse creations brimming with passion, desire, and spiritual questions.
In the Middle Distance