Heart is full to the brim

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HiIs the expression idiomatic?My heart was full to the brim when i saw him winning the prize.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Not in my experience, although I sometimes hear 'My heart is full'.

Clive

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vsureshMy heart was full / filled to the brim with happiness / joy / pride / etc. when I saw him winning the prize.

Hi,
The expression is idiomatic, yet it is incomplete. I completed it in accordance with the context.
You are at liberty to change my interpretation as you wish. The brim is the top edge of a glass, cup, bowl, etc.
In the sentence ‘She filled her glass to the brim’, for example, the literal sense of the word is used.
This sentence means that she filled her glass to the top. In your sentence, however, this word is used figuratively.
Your sentence means that your heart filled with happiness, for instance, when you saw him winning the prize,
and you, therefore, became very cheerful.

*I wouldn't like to sound like a nitpicker, but ‘I’ is always capitalized.

Regards

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