lousy with
Absolutely crawling with
Lousy with means swarming or overrun, typically with something undesirable but often used ironically for abundance generally.
The original image is of being infested with lice: The place was lousy with cops.
When applied to money or resources, it suggests excess: He's lousy with cash.
The phrase carries a casual, slightly crude tone.
- teemingAbundantly full of
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- crawling withHeavily infested by
- swarmingGathering in large numbers
- infestedOverrun by pests
overrun · rife · thick · packed · wall to wall · stuffed · brimming · dripping · filthy · rotten · crummy · terrible · awful · miserable · wretched · stinking · riddled · chock-full
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- fullnessfull, empty, half-full, filled, half-empty