fit to burst
About to pop
Fit to burst describes being so full of something—food, emotion, anticipation—that you feel ready to explode.
Most often it follows eating: I ate so much I'm fit to burst.
But it applies equally to contained feelings: She was fit to burst with excitement.
The phrase is more common in British than American English.
- bloatedSwelled from excess
- stuffed to the gillsExtremely full from eating
- satedFilled to excess
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
- overfilledExceeded maximum capacity
pent-up · crammed · brimming · overwhelmed · overflowing · frustrated · jubilant · swollen · on edge · teeming · packed · eager · loaded · engorged · maxed out · seams · exploding · impatient
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
- fullnessfull, empty, half-full, filled, half-empty
- gluttonyglutton, gluttonous, gorge, gorger, gorging
fullness/capacity
fit to burstempty
Holding nothing inside
hollow · vacant · depleted · unfilled · half-empty
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