单词 | full to the brim |
释义 | > as lemmasfull to the brim b. in full to the brim, and the like. Often figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > taking up space [phrase] > full to capacity to stick full ofc1300 full to the brim1609 to capacity1937 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles vii. 49 A Cup that's stur'd vnto the brim. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iv. 47 To make the comming houre oreflow with ioy, And pleasure drowne the brim. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 17 He will fill thy wishes to the brimme. View more context for this quotation 1782 H. More Belshazzar ii. 74 Fill me that massy goblet to the brim. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. vi. 24 Thy city heap'd with envy to the brim. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. vi. 135 Quickly fill the beaker to the brim! < as lemmas |
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