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brim over
1. Of a liquid, to flow over the top of a container. Turn off the burner before the soup brims over! If you put too much water in the pot, it might brim over. Please keep an eye on the sauce—I don't want it to brim over while I run to the bathroom.
2. To exhibit something, such as a trait or emotion, to a great degree. With our trip just days away, the kids are totally brimming over with excitement. This song just brims over with emotion. Sarah was brimming over with nervousness, so I tried to reassure her that she'll do a great job in the play.
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. I have a cold, that's why my wastepaper basket is brimming with tissues.
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. Sarah was brimming with nervousness, so I tried to reassure her that she'll do a great job in the play.
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filled to the brim
1. Completely full; teeming; having no room to spare. I've got so many meetings and deadlines these days that my schedule is filled to the brim! Her mind was filled to the brim with ideas for her new book. I felt filled to the brim after my grandmother's Thanksgiving meal.
2. Experiencing a particular feeling or emotion to an intense degree. She is filled to the brim with nervous energy now that her performance is just a week away. I am filled to the brim with gratitude for all the doctors and nurses who worked tirelessly to save my life. Now that we are finally in our new home, I'm filled to the brim with joy—and relief.
full to the brim
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 brim! Her mind was full to the brim with ideas for her new book. I felt full to the brim after my grandmother's Thanksgiving meal.
to the brim
Completely, utterly, or thoroughly. I was doped to the brim 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 brim! We left the all-you-can-eat buffet full to the brim.
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brim over (with something)
and brim with somethingto overflow with something. The basket was brimming over with flowers. I was brimming with confidence after my recent success.
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.
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filled to the brim
filled all the way full; filled up to the top edge. I like my coffee cup filled to the brim. If the glass is filled to the brim, I can't drink without spilling the contents.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
filled to the brim
As full as possible; also, completely satisfied. For example, We're filled to the brim with excitement. This expression transfers the idea of a container filled to the very top. W.S. Gilbert used it in the comic opera The Mikado (1885): "Three little maids from school are we, Filled to the brim with girlish glee." [c. 1600]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
brim
n. a hat. Man, that is one fine brim you got.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
filled to the brim
As full of something as possible. The transfer from a container filled to the very top to other matters took place in the sixteenth century, so by 1601 Shakespeare wrote, “He will fill thy wishes to the brimme” (“Antony and Cleopatra,” 3.13). W. S. Gilbert used the term to describe the three little maids in The Mikado (1885): “Filled to the brim with girlish glee.”
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer