bellyful

have a bellyful (of something)

1. To have as much (food) as one wants or is able to eat. A: "Would you like seconds?" B: "No, thank you, I've had a bellyful."
2. To have more (of something) than one can or is willing to tolerate or endure. You're looking for trouble, huh? Well mister, you're about to have a bellyful! I've had a bellyful of my parents' criticism over my college applications.
See also: bellyful, have
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have a bellyful

Inf. to have as much as one can stand. I've had a bellyful of your whining. Be quiet!
See also: bellyful, have
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

have had a bellyful

INFORMAL
If you have had a bellyful of something, you have experienced too much of something annoying or boring. I've had a bellyful of his excuses. It's always someone else's fault.
See also: bellyful, have
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

have a bellyful of

become impatient after prolonged experience of someone or something. informal
See also: bellyful, have, of
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

have had a ˈbellyful of somebody/something

(informal) have had too much of somebody/something: I’ve had a bellyful of his complaining. If he doesn’t stop, I’m leaving.
See also: bellyful, have, of, somebody, something
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

bellyful

n. more than enough; more than one needs. I’ve had a bellyful of your excuses.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • cooking for one
  • give (one) (one's) head
  • give head
  • give somebody their head
  • give someone their head
  • drive (one) out of office
  • force (one) out of office
  • force out of office
  • 1FTR
  • childhood
References in periodicals archive
"The Art of Overeating: A Bellyful of Laughs About Our Food-Phobic Culture" seeks to lampoon the radical diets and responses against obesity, by playing humorous devil's advocate as Leslie Landis encourages readers that while health is a good thing, completely avoiding the food you love isn't healthy either.
The Art of Overeating
It's a bellyful...for those planning on full-size bellies.
Shakedown
We've also had a bellyful of 'it's all my predecessor's fault'.
Fans' Zone: Patience wearing thin, Ray
This time, however, his ranting about "a bellyful" was boring to say the least.
Had a bellyful
"Stuffing an object in your nose could cause breathing difficulties." And if the snake were to slide down Mano's esophagus--he'd have a dangerous bellyful!
Gross out?
Open unused army barracks to put low security category D offenders inside, not abandon all punishment and public protection criteria, as the naive and inept Lord Justice Woolf recommends We have all had a bellyful of the antics of the Prime Minister's wife fraternising with an inveterate cheap conman, hoping to achieve a property discount.
Reader's letter: Labour's 'tough on crime' is in a mess
with his bellyful of hot posole singing Mis Chreesmes
Spirit of the Christmas Past
Not even a bellyful of Brain's bitter could steady my nerves and it couldn't have been more than a couple of minutes before Eric was shaking my hand and saying "wew dun guvna!"
DEL BOY'S DIARY; Delme Parfitt takes an off-beat sporting look at the week that's gone and the days to come
Melvin Van Peebles' "Bellyful" and Agnes Varda's "The Gleaners and I" are excellent examples; "Bostella" reps the nadir.
LA BOSTELLA
Other annoying jargon include "macho" and "heard a bellyful." This book would have benefited from a dose of editorial expression.
O.O. Howard, Union General
Using parody and travesty, Ehrenstein deconstructs the cliches of an antiquarian Graecophilism (he had his bellyful of this while doing time at a Vienna gymnasium [pp.
Albert Ehrenstein. Mythenzerstorer and Mythenschopfer
Perched atop the pine stump just off the curve of Duels Road, Renaldo swallowed a bellyful of breath to roar out over the din of the screaming school children, "THE BUS!
Snail
And having gorged at that particular table for the guts for 20 years, I have certainly had a bellyful!
So many fine ECHO memories; MY CITY
"The environment is a fantastic thing when you have a bellyful of food, but when things like this happen, you realise how important food production is."
'This could be worse for farms than the dry summer of 1976'
But I know from first hand last year, Carlow give you a bellyful of it.
NEW CHALLENGES FOR DUBLIN