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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • full to the brim
  • full of years
  • seize the moment
  • full circle, come
  • on a full stomach
  • be full of beans
  • glass
  • full up
  • full of hot air
  • soup-to-nuts
References in periodicals archive
And while by now you'll be full to the gills, it would be a sin to not end with the thick creamy karak chai.
But all of our choices were perfectly edible, served with a smile and left us full to the gills.
We were absolutely full to the gills, but there's always space to squeeze a little more in.
to it That's the problem with attending an event, which, in the main, is full to the gills of people younger than you.
The solution, he revealed, is that planes leaving Tehran for Europe are now pumped full to the gills with fuel so they can make the roundtrip without refueling.
"We were full to the gills with champagne, but we'd told the girl behind the bar in the hotel to back Vintage Crop and we'd given her Aus$20 to put on it.
On the day in question, our hospital was full to the gills.'
She said: "Everyone in the Midlands is full to the gills. We usually see an influx around the start of December when the weather starts to change, but this year has seen an incredible increase in numbers."
Or do people come here for the Fawlty Towers factor, they enjoy being insulted by rude Welsh people,of which this country is absolutely full to the gills.
They are full to the gills with earnest information and they want you to have a bit.
'On the day in question, our hospital was full to the gills, and so was Llandough Hospital.
Now, after operations to prevent their breeding, they are lodgers in a friend's house because Cramar - which never rehomes cats at Christmas - is full to the gills.
I was already full to the gills but showtime was about to start.
Attention-starved victims, absolutely full to the gills with free drink.