to the brim en · ADP
Meanings
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(figuratively) To the point of being full, almost overflowing.
The full measure of life and happiness which we have in mind as the educational goal can only be attained when each individual life is full to the brim.
1898, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 53, page 159:With an own goal, two penalties and two red cards, this match was full to the brim with controversy.
We've had so much luck here, it's been effortless,” LeMay said as she rested on the shopping cart full to the brim with gifts […]
2009 November 28, Nashua Telegraph:Near-synonyms: brimful (adjective), brimfully (adverb); see also Thesaurus:to the full
The van was stuffed to the brim with camping equipment.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, brim.
Fill the glass to the brim, please.
Like the tank wagons, the churns are dairy property, but farmers often have other ideas, and find their own uses for them—it has not been unknown for dairy inspectors to find missing churns tucked away in an unsuspected corner of a farmhouse, filled to the brim with banknotes!
1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the milk”, in Trains Illustrated, page 155:
Synonyms
to the hilt · to the bone · to the full · to the max · to the nines · to the marrow · to the backbone · to the gills · to the tonsils · to the gunnels · brimfully · in excelsis · to the core · to the brim · to the fullest · to the top of one's bent · from soup to nuts · all the way · to the nth degree · up to eleven · brimful · top to bottom
Translations (12)
pl pełny (full) · de bis zum Spund (e) (full) · fr à ras bord (full) · de randvoll (full) · gl a cugulo (full) · de bis zum Rand (e) (full) · el μέχρι τα μπούνια (full) · ru до краёв (full) · it fino all'orlo (full) · fr au ras bord (full) · fi piripintaan (full) · bg изцяло (full)