full

Related to full: full moon, full metal jacket
See:
  • (as) full as a goog
  • (as) full as a tick
  • (as) nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
  • (at) full pelt
  • (at) full steam
  • (at) full throttle
  • (at) full tilt
  • (in) full rig
  • (one) is not playing with a full deck
  • (one's) hands are full
  • a few bricks short of a (full) load
  • a few cards short of a (full) deck
  • a few cards shy of a (full) deck
  • a full-court press
  • a full-time job
  • a mouth full of South
  • allow (one) free rein
  • allow (one) full rein
  • allow (something) full play
  • at full blast
  • at full cock
  • at full pelt
  • at full speed
  • at full strength
  • at full stretch
  • at full throttle
  • at full tilt
  • be as full as a boot
  • be at full strength
  • be at/below full strength
  • be below full strength
  • be full of (oneself)
  • be full of beans
  • be full of bull
  • be full of crap
  • be full of holes
  • be full of piss and vinegar
  • be full of the joys of spring
  • be in full cry
  • be in full flood
  • be in full flow
  • be in full swing
  • be not playing with a full deck
  • be not the full quid
  • be on full alert
  • be one brick short of a (full) load
  • be one card short of a full deck
  • be one card shy of a (full) deck
  • be several bricks short of a (full) load
  • be several cards short of a (full) deck
  • be several cards short of a full deck
  • bring (something) full circle
  • chock full of
  • chock full of (something)
  • come full circle
  • come to a full stop
  • come/go full circle
  • damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead
  • dance card is full, my
  • draw (oneself) up to (one's) full height
  • draw yourself up/rise to your full height
  • few bricks short of a load
  • fill (someone) full of lead
  • fill full of lead
  • fill someone full of lead
  • full as a goog
  • full as a tick
  • full blast
  • full boat
  • full circle
  • full circle, come
  • full circle, come/go
  • full English
  • full hand
  • full marks
  • full measure
  • full of (oneself)
  • full of beans
  • full of bull
  • full of crap
  • full of holes
  • full of hops
  • full of hot air
  • full of it
  • full of life
  • full of Old Nick
  • full of oneself
  • full of piss and vinegar
  • full of prunes
  • full of shizzle
  • full of the devil
  • full of the joys of spring
  • full of years
  • full of yourself
  • full pelt/speed/tilt
  • full plate
  • full rig
  • full sesh
  • full speed ahead
  • full speed/steam ahead!
  • full steam ahead
  • full steam/speed ahead
  • full stop
  • full throttle
  • full tilt
  • full tilt, at
  • full to the brim
  • full to the gills
  • full up
  • full well
  • full whack
  • full/short measure
  • full-court press
  • full-court press, a
  • full-figured
  • full-fledged
  • full-on
  • full-tilt boogie
  • full-time job
  • get up a (full) head of steam
  • give (full) vent to (something)
  • give (one) free rein
  • give (one) full rein
  • give (something) full play
  • give free rein to (one)
  • give full rein to (one)
  • give/allow somebody/something free/full rein
  • glass half empty
  • glass half full
  • glass half full/half empty
  • glass is half full, the
  • go full circle
  • have (one's) hands full
  • have (one's) plate full
  • have a bellyful (of something)
  • have a snoot full
  • have hands full
  • have one's hands full
  • have one's hands full, to
  • have your hands full
  • he that hath a full purse never wanted a friend
  • hot air
  • in full
  • in full cry
  • in full feather
  • in full fig
  • in full flight
  • in full flood
  • in full flow
  • in full force
  • in full gear
  • in full measure
  • in full spate
  • in full swing
  • in full view
  • in full view (of someone or something)
  • in the flush of
  • in the full flush of (something)
  • Is the glass half empty or half full?
  • know full well
  • know something full/perfectly/very well
  • mouth full of South
  • not playing with a full deck
  • not the full quid
  • not the full shilling
  • on a full stomach
  • one brick short of a (full) load
  • one brick shy of a (full) load
  • one card shy of a (full) deck
  • play with a full deck
  • pump (one) full of (something)
  • pump (one) full of lead
  • pump somebody full of something
  • rise to (one's) full height
  • see the glass as half empty
  • see the glass as half full
  • several bricks short of a (full) load
  • several cards short of a (full) deck
  • shoot full of holes
  • short measure
  • shot full of holes
  • shot full of lead
  • stuff (one's) head full of (something)
  • stuff (someone, something, or oneself) full of (something)
  • swing into full gear
  • the full monty
  • the glass is half full
  • the wheel has come full circle
  • the wheel has come/turned full circle
  • the wheel has turned full circle
  • the woods are full of (someone or something)
  • the woods are full of something
  • three bags full
  • three bags full, sir
  • three bricks shy of a (full) load
  • to the full
  • travel on a full/empty stomach
  • Tuesday's child is full of grace
  • turn full circle
  • two bricks shy of a (full) load
  • woods are full of
  • yes sir, yes sir, three bags full, sir
  • young, dumb, and full of cum
References in classic literature
Time dragged heavily till the time of the full moon, but it passed at last, and as soon as it rose the young wife went to the pond, combed her black hair with a golden comb, and when she had finished, placed the comb on the bank; then she watched the water impatiently.
The old woman counselled her to go to the mill-pond the next full moon and play upon a golden flute, and then to lay the flute on the bank.
Pushing my hand through the hole in the lid I drew it out full, not of diamonds, but of gold pieces, of a shape that none of us had seen before, and with what looked like Hebrew characters stamped upon them.
When our eyes grew used to it we saw that the chest was three-parts full of uncut diamonds, most of them of considerable size.
Full of hope he plunged in among the foremost, and fell on the fight like some fierce tempest that swoops down upon the sea, and lashes its deep blue waters into fury.
What, then is the full tale of those whom Hector son of Priam killed in the hour of triumph which Jove then vouchsafed him?
You get a pertater and go out under the full moon, cut the pertater in two, rub your warts with one half and say, 'One, two, three, warts, go away from me.' Then rub them with the other half and say, 'One, two, three, four, warts, never trouble me more.' Then bury the pertater and never tell a living soul where you buried it.
Again, as on the preceding day, I had recourse to earthly tactics, and swinging my right fist full upon the point of his chin I followed it with a smashing left to the pit of his stomach.
"Fine, full flavour," he answered through shut teeth.
Every room in the big house was soon full. Every little plot in the garden soon had its owner.
Caroline was little, though evidently full grown; raven-black hair, very dark eyes, absolutely regular features, with a colourless olive complexion, clear as to the face and sallow about the neck, formed in her that assemblage of points whose union many persons regard as the perfection of beauty.
Then I wiped my feet upon the yellow tresses; and as a groan of rage arose from the balcony I spat full upon the holy diadem.
The wood behind seemed full of the stir and murmur of a great company!
Hock is full of fancy, and all wines are by their very nature full of reminiscence, the golden tears and red blood of summers that are gone.
Happy he who, like Ulysses, has made an adventurous voyage; and there is no such sea for adventurous voyages as the Mediterranean - the inland sea which the ancients looked upon as so vast and so full of wonders.