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Jun 4, 2014 · Here are two related senses from Oxford Dictionaries: 2 [usually in imperative] British • informal Used to express indifference towards or rejection of (something): stuff the diet! 3 British • informal Defeat heavily in sport: Town got stuffed every week.
May 30, 2007 · Madrid/London. Polish. May 30, 2007. #1. Hello to everybody, I´m not sure if I use the words filled and stuffed correctly (in reference to FOOD) For example, what type of food can be filled/stuffed? Someone once told me that meat is always stuffed (e.g., partridge stuffed with leeks) as well as olives (stuffed with almonds) or other vegetables ...
Jul 19, 2016 · According to the book Translating Identities On Stage and Screen by Maria Sidiropoulou (pasting a commercial link is not allowed, but you can Google it), it's a perfect example of the non-conventional, imaginative, naïve and picturesque way Eliza expresses her anger and despair. Another example, also from Pygmalion, is “You should be ...
May 22, 2020 · The idiom “full to the brim” is used to to say that a container of some kind is “chock-full” (another idiom). Both of these may be used figuratively to say that the speaker has eaten too much, is “full up” (another idiom). As an attributive adjective, “stuffed-to-burst” (or “stuffed-to-bursting”) would normally have one of ...
Oct 26, 2008 · Moderator Emeritus. Coventry, UK. English UK Southern Standard English. Apr 20, 2015. #8. I've heard (and used ) "stuff it up" as a slang expression meaning to make a mess of doing something. I wouldn't personally label it as vulgar, just more in the nature of a milder version of the other suggestions.
Aug 8, 2007 · 'I'm stuffed' is definitely not the polite term for having had enough food, although it is an acceptable term in familiar company along with 'I'm full (up)'. A polite and more formal term is simply 'I've had enough, (thank you).' Or 'I couldn't/can't eat any more, (thank you).'
Oct 4, 2010 · Apr 7, 2013. #6. VikNikSor said: stuffed means filled with something, having eaten enough or too much, etc. Yes, but then there is also the vulgar slang meaning, Fuck you! See the Urban Dictionary for more information. Apparently in British English, get stuffed! means get lost! or go away!
Feb 9, 2019 · I’ve heard that "I’m stuffed" can mean "I’m pregnant" in British English, which leads to amusing misunderstandings when Americans say it. "In trouble" was a common euphemism for an unmarried girl who was pregnant, particularly is she was young, but this is rarely heard anymore. So, in a way, "stuffed" could mean "in trouble."
Jan 27, 2017 · Southern England. English - Southern England. Jan 27, 2017. #11. If I'd eaten so much that I could barely eat another mouthful I might say something like "I'm so full I could burst / I'm about to pop". However, I would not say that if I'd eaten so much that I felt nauseous - Just think of the mess if I did pop - I'd say "I'm full up to here ...
Sep 30, 2008 · Hertfordshire, England. English/England. Sep 30, 2008. #5. Hi, Yes, just to confirm that "to be stuffed" is usually about having eaten a lot. Not to be confused with "get stuffed" which is derogatory term! Saludos desde Londres en Londres. Pilar Polledo said:
