to the gills
Filled to capacity
To the gills means completely full or to the maximum extent, as if stuffed up to the breathing organs: The bar was packed to the gills, I'm fed up to the gills with these delays.
The phrase suggests saturation or excess—filled beyond comfortable capacity.
Often appears with packed, stuffed, fed up, or armed.
- packedFilled to capacity
- bloatedSwelled from excess
- fit to burstExtremely full, near capacity
- crammedOverfilled or overstuffed
- wall to wallCovering an entire floor
stuffed · filled to capacity · brimming · overfilled · inundated · overflowing · gorged · chock-full · replete · maxed out · swollen · bursting · plastered · drunk · three sheets · swamped · jammed · abundant