to the gills
Related to to the gills: packed to the gills
to the gills
Completely, utterly, or thoroughly. I was doped to the gills for about two weeks after my surgery. I'm off the painkillers now, but I still feel pretty out of it. I've got so many meetings and deadlines these days that my schedule is packed to the gills! We left the all-you-can-eat buffet full to the gills.
See also: gill
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
to the ˈgills
(informal) completely full: I was stuffed to the gills with chocolate cake. Gills are the openings on the side of a fish’s head that it breathes through.
See also: gill
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
to the gills
Informal As full as possible; completely.
See also: gill
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- dope
- doped to the gills
- gill
- be doped to the gills
- up to the gills
- be stuffed to the gills
- packed to the gills
- loaded to the gills
- stuffed to the gills
- white around the gills