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at the seams

See: BURST AT THE SEAMS.

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burst at the seams

[burst at the 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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[come apart at the 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. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[seam] See: [BURST AT THE SEAMS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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