to be filled up to the brim
to be handling something which is beyond the normal capacity
a large number of people
an over-booking of something
to break open in a sudden manner because something was over-packed
The meal was absolutely delicious but now I am bursting at the seams.
I went to my uncle’s house for the wedding and since the whole family was there, it was bursting at the seams.
All the movie halls were bursting at the seams with the release of this block buster.
Since the hotel was bursting at the seams I spent the holiday at a suite apartment.
The place was bursting at the seams when the film star arrived.
This concern hall is usually bursting at the seams.
All hill stations were bursting at the seams and they had to settle for spending the weekend at home only.
There is no origin for this idiom
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