to the brim
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3.4
- idiom
:
hasta el borde
- The cup was filled to the brim with steaming hot coffee.
- filled to the brim
OK, so visually people see their closets packed to the brim.
- OK, so visually people see their closets packed to the brim.
- Just rinsing that thing, filling it to the brim.
- I hope you liked our little rendition of the new Rolex commercial trimmed down and stuffed to the brim with tasty sounds.
- And when we fill them with hydrogen, it's you have to fill it right to the brim.
- A blessed goblet from the temple of Calibre, filled to the brim with goblin faces.
- So this is from Culp Beauty and inside it is full to the brim of glow recipe bits.
Examples
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That bowl is still filled to the brim.
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The trunk is filled to the brim with glittering gold coins.
Fiction book (1991) -
A bag this big, this wide, full to the brim with money.
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Fill it to the brim.
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This is filled to the brim.
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Her daughter came from the shops with bags full to the brim.
Fiction book (1995) -
We sure do have our plates filled to the brim right now.
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Still, she opens a bottle of wine and fills his glass to the brim.
Fiction book (1994) -
My childhood bedroom is filled to the brim with trophies, and I haven't won a thing in my life.
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The bottom floor had been filled to the brim with treasure amassed from all across Egypt alongside a dangerous amount of flammable material.
Synonyms
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1.0
Containing a lot of something, like tears or facts
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4.1
So full that there is no space left
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2.9
Full of a lot of something, often too much
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4.2
So full that nothing more can fit
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7.6
Completely full with no space left
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4.9
Completely full of people or things with no space left
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3.8
Full to the top with something, often a feeling
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5.2
So full that it almost overflows
Filled so nothing else can fit
Very full after a large meal or in a crowded place
Full of things so it is heavy or crowded
So full that it is almost overflowing, often with a strong feeling
So full that water spills out and covers the area around it
Antonyms
How Full
Surface Forms
Morphology
to + the + brim
The phrase literally indicates filling up to the 'brim' (the upper edge of a container), so a learner who knows 'brim' and the prepositional pattern 'to the' can directly derive the meaning. This is a straightforward compositional spatial expression found across many languages, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
To the brim comes from the picture of a cup or jar filled up to its brim, the very edge where the liquid could almost spill. So, when something is to the brim it is 'completely full'.