Значение слова "BURST AT THE SEAMS" найдено в 2 источниках

BURST AT THE SEAMS

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"

burst at the seams: translation

burst at the seams

1. Fig. to be very full and burst, perhaps at the seams. (Alludes to something that would burst at the seams if overfilled.) •

I am so full from dinner! I'm ready to burst at the seams.

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The room was so full it was bursting at the seams.

2. Fig. [for someone] to strain from holding in pride or laughter as if one might burst. •

Tom nearly burst at the seams with pride.

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We laughed so hard we just about burst at the seams.

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{v. phr.}, {informal} To be too full or too crowded. * /John ate so much he was bursting at the seams./ * /Mary's album was so full of pictures it was bursting at the seams./