to the brim
Filled past capacity
To the brim means completely full, filled to the very top edge.
A cup filled to the brim cannot hold another drop without spilling.
The phrase extends beyond containers: Her eyes welled to the brim with tears, The stadium was packed to the brim.
Something brimming with a quality has it in abundance: brimming with confidence, brimming with ideas.
- burstingBreaking from internal pressure
- packedFilled to capacity
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- full to overflowingFilled past the limit
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
teeming · running over · chock-full · spilling over · loaded · crammed · filled · filled to capacity · fit to burst · maxed out · heaping · piled high · overwhelmed · full-hearted · chockablock · topped off · awash · saturated