too full or too crowded The train station was bursting at the seams as everyone was waiting to go away for their holidays.
fall apart (at the seams)
be unable to cope or manage, come unglued After his wife died, he fell apart. He lost interest in everything.
fall apart at the seams
Idiom(s): fall apart at the seams
Theme: COLLAPSE
to break into pieces; to fall apart; for material that is sewn together to separate at the seams. • My new jacket fell apart at the seams. • This old car is about ready to fall apart at the seams.
come apart at the seams
Idiom(s): come apart at the seams
Theme: EMOTION
suddenly to lose one's emotional self-control. (Informal. Referring to a garment falling apart.) • Bill was so upset that he almost came apart at the seams. • I couldn't take anymore. I just came apart at the seams.
burst at the seams|burst|seams
v. phr., informal To be too full or too crowded. John ate so much he was bursting at the seams.Mary's album was so full of pictures it was bursting at the seams.
come apart at the seams|come|seams
v. phr., slang, informal To become upset to the point where one loses self-control and composure as if having suffered a sudden nervous breakdown. After his divorce Joe seemed to be coming apart at the seams.
be billowing at the seams
slang To be ever crowded. Because of all the delays this morning, the alternation base is billowing at the seams. Good luck award a abode to sit!Learn more: bulge, seam
be bursting/bulging at the ˈseams (with something)
(also be abounding to ˈbursting (with something)) (informal) be actual or too abounding (of something): All of our schools are beginning at the seams; we accept to body new ones urgently.Learn more: bulge, burst, seamLearn more:
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