stuffed to the gills

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stuffed to the gills

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idiomatic, not comparable Completely full. Near-synonyms: stuffed; packed to the gills; see also Thesaurus:empty § Antonyms
Similar: stuffed, packed to the gills · Opposite: empty, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacant, vacuumlike, vacuous, void

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@misc{stuffed_to_the_gills_2026,
  title = {stuffed to the gills},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stuffed%20to%20the%20gills},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}