filled to bursting point

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• bursting — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Breaking open] Syn. exploding, erupting, shattering; see breaking . 2. [As full as possible] Syn. full, filled, packed, at the bursting point; see full 1 , jammed 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Completely… …   English dictionary for students

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• burst with joy — or[pride] {v. phr.} To be so full of the feeling of joy or pride that one cannot refrain from showing one s exuberant feelings. * /Armstrong and Aldrin burst with pride when they stepped out on the moon in July, 1969./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• satiate — satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge are comparable when they mean to fill or become filled to the point of repletion. Although both satiate and sate can imply no more than a complete satisfying, both terms more often imply an… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms