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what does "bursting at the seam" mean?



 
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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #1 (permalink) Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:15 am   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

Ciao,

I have wondered the meaning of "bursting at the seam". Can you explain it for me?

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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #2 (permalink) Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:13 am   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

Hi Ann

The idiom is usually 'burst at the seams' and it means 'be too crowded or filled beyond capacity'.
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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #3 (permalink) Wed Feb 27, 2008 15:13 pm   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

thank Amy.
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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #4 (permalink) Wed Feb 27, 2008 18:24 pm   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

Yankee wrote:
Hi Ann

The idiom is usually 'burst at the seams' and it means 'be too crowded or filled beyond capacity'.
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How can we use this idiom?
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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #5 (permalink) Wed Feb 27, 2008 20:29 pm   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

Hi,

You could use it as in this sentence: We had so many guests staying at our house over the Christmas period that we were practically bursting at the seams.

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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #6 (permalink) Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:48 am   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

Other example, which I have seen, is:
Because of the crowds, day one conference sessions often "burst at the seams" with attendees eager to hear about new technologies in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #7 (permalink) Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:59 pm   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

Hi Ann,

Your sentence should start like this: Another example I have seen...

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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #8 (permalink) Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:48 am   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

thank Torsten.
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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #9 (permalink) Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:07 am   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

Hi Ann,

It's either "thank you" or "thanks" :-).

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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #10 (permalink) Fri Feb 29, 2008 14:04 pm   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

Thanks again,
You're so kind and humorous. Glad to learn English with you.
But if I say "thanks Toisten", is it Ok?
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what does "bursting at the seam" mean? #11 (permalink) Fri Feb 29, 2008 14:37 pm   what does "bursting at the seam" mean?
 

Yes, that's fine.

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