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What is the origin of filled to the gills?
The origin of filled to the gills comes from goldfish. They will eat and eat until they are stuffed to the gills and make themselves sick. They do not know when to stop eating. So stuffed to the gills is used as an expression for when one has eaten too much.
What does it mean to feel stuffed to the gills?
If you go fishing or even just go to the fish market, look down into a fish's mouth. You will see the gills on both sides and just after the gills in the oral cavity you will see the opening of the gullet. If you have a particularly well-fed fish, the gullet may show unswallowed food because the stomach is too full to hold more so, it is waiting to be swallowed. Humans don't have gills but the analogy can be appropriate when you feel you have swallowed more than your stomach can hold.
What does the idiom at stake mean?
It's not an idiom. The definition of "at stake" is what is being risked in the situation or venture. A stake is a share or ownership in something.
What does the idiom shell out mean?
The idiom "shell out" means to pay a sum of money, usually unwillingly or with reluctance. It implies spending money on something, often more than anticipated or desired.
What is a literal idiom?
There is no literal idiom -- an idiom is a phrase that seems to mean one thing but actually means something else. The word "literal" means to take the words exactly as they seem to be.An idiom is a phrase particular to a language that is accepted for its figurative meaning, as in "That amazing shot blew me away." Everyone understands that this person means he was amazed. A literal idiom would be the usually humorous thing that happens when you take the idiom for its word for word, not accepted, meaning. That would mean that somehow the amazing shot actually created the air mass necessary to blow this guy away.
Can you give me an example sentences using stuffed to the gills?
I can't eat another bite, I am stuffed to the gills.
What does the idiom green around the gills mean?
It means the person looks sick. Usually they are pale and green in the face.
What is the origin of filled to the gills?
The origin of filled to the gills comes from goldfish. They will eat and eat until they are stuffed to the gills and make themselves sick. They do not know when to stop eating. So stuffed to the gills is used as an expression for when one has eaten too much.
What does it mean to feel stuffed to the gills?
If you go fishing or even just go to the fish market, look down into a fish's mouth. You will see the gills on both sides and just after the gills in the oral cavity you will see the opening of the gullet. If you have a particularly well-fed fish, the gullet may show unswallowed food because the stomach is too full to hold more so, it is waiting to be swallowed. Humans don't have gills but the analogy can be appropriate when you feel you have swallowed more than your stomach can hold.
Where did the phrase stuffed to the gills come from?
When someone has eaten a lot and are very full.Over-eaten; too full after a meal"Stuffed to the gills" means that a person is very full, or satiated, from eating too much, because stuffed refers to being full of food or other things, while "to the gills" refers to a whole fish with stuffing in the body cavity up to behind the head where the gills are located.The term is "stuffed to the gills" and is when someone ate too much and is overfull.It is referring to a part of the fish, that is just under the head. A human equivalent would be the lower cheeks next to, and the upper throat under the mouth.It is also used in the expression, he lookeda little green around thegills.Stuffed up to the Gills means you have filled up your stomach and even your esophagus, and can't eat any more without looking a little green around the gills and maybe throwing up.
What does the idiom what you have in mind mean?
It's not really an idiom. It means "what are you thinking about."
RFP responses idiom what does it mean?
RFP is not an idiom. It's an abbreviation.
What does the idiom itchy nose mean?
It is not an idiom, it means your nose is itching.
What does idiom mean in poetry?
idiom means expression like a page in a book
What does this idiom mean tip of your nostrol?
It's not an idiom. It means the tip of your nostril.
What does sieve mean in idiom terms?
"Sieve" is not an idiom. See the related link.
What is the idiom that means prone to nausea?
An idiom that means prone to nausea might be "green at the gills." This refers to the fact that your face pales when you feel nauseated. Some people thought that color was a pale green, and this started the phrase. You might also hear "an upset stomach." This can mean any sort of discomfort in the abdominal area, from nausea to diarrhea.
