to the gills Idiom
pissed to the gills
drunk, plastered, snapped He was pissed to the gills, so we sent him home in a taxi.
sloshed to the gills
very drunk, loaded, plastered, She was sloshed to the gills and singing very badly.
Stuffed to the gills
If someone is stuffed to the gills, they have eaten a lot and are very full.
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adj. phr. Having had too much of something; at the end of your patience; disgusted; bored; tired.
People get fed up with anyone who brags all the time. I've had enough of his complaints. I'm fed up. He was fed to the teeth with television and sold his set to a cousin. John quit football because he was fed to the gills with practice. Compare: SICK AND TIRED.
fed to the gills
fed to the gills Also,
fed to the teeth;
fed up. Disgusted, unable or unwilling to put up with something. For example,
I'm fed to the gills with these delays (the gills here is slang for “mouth”), or
He was fed to the teeth with her excuses, or
I'm fed up—let's leave right now. Of these colloquial expressions,
fed up, alluding to being overfull from having overeaten, dates from about 1900, and the others from the first half of the 1900s. Also see
up to one's ears.
to the gills
Completely, utterly, or thoroughly. I was benumbed to the aspect for about two weeks afterwards my surgery. I'm off the painkillers now, but I still feel appealing out of it. I've got so abounding affairs and deadlines these canicule that my agenda is arranged to the gills! We larboard the all-you-can-eat cafe abounding to the gills.Learn more: gillto the ˈgills
(informal) absolutely full: I was blimp to the aspect with amber cake. Aspect are the openings on the ancillary of a fish’s arch that it breathes through.Learn more: gill to the gills
Informal As abounding as possible; completely.Learn more: gill
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