brims over

Verb

brim over (third-person singular simple present brims over, present participle brimming over, simple past and past participle brimmed over)

1. (intransitive) To overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.)
2. (broadly, intransitive) To experience a very strong emotion; to be overcome with emotion.
   • When he proposed, my heart brimmed over.
3. (intransitive) To be bustlingly full of something
   • Flowers, grass, trees, the sun and moon, even the human body, were to him brimming over with song.2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 234