rammed to the rafters
rammed to the rafters is the alternative form of packed to the rafters.
Meaning of packed to the rafters
Adjective
packed to the rafters
- Completely full (of things, of stuff); packed; stuffed.
- The second reason his disliking of objects seems implausible is that I'm interviewing him in his Victorian terrace house in Islington – and it is packed to the rafters, often rather beautifully, with everything from Memphis glass to mid-century Aalto furniture to William Morris prints to Picasso...2012 April 8, Holly Williams, “Mix and max: Designer Max Clendinning has had a radical change of heart when it comes to minimalism”, in The Independent
- Synonyms:
- packed to the gills
- Antonyms:
- empty, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacant, vacuumlike, vacuous
Questions about rammed to the rafters
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