bursting at the seams

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extremely full or crowded The courts are bursting at the seams and might not be able to handle more arrests. The city is absolutely bursting at the seams, and one of the biggest complaints people have is the number of cars.

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The digitally remastered disc is bursting at the seams with new interviews, featurettes and deleted scenes. GHOSTBUSTERS (PG, Blu-ray pounds 19.99); DVDS by The Mirror (London, England) Should You Ask Your Toxic Boss for a Payday Loan A toxic boss is someone who is always bursting at the seams -ready to rant and rave and drive employees crazy with endless criticisms Should You Ask Your Toxic Boss for a Payday Loan? When Your Toxic Boss Won't Lend You Her Ears and You Need a Payday ... by Andrei Myers / Finance and Investment community Don Langford, head of customer services Europe for American Airlines, the world's biggest carrier by passenger numbers, said the overcrowded airport was no longer bursting at the seams because "the seams have burst". Heathrow 'a bit of a dump', says American Airlines exec by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			burns burnt burst burst a blood vessel burst at the seams burst bubble burst forth burst in burst into burst into flame burst into sight burst into tears burst on burst on the scene burst onto the scene burst out burst out doing burst out into burst out laughing burst out of burst out with burst through burst with excitement burst with joy burst with pride bursting at the seams bury bury away bury head in the sand bury in bury oneself in bury the hatchet bury under bush bush league bush out bushel bushel and a peck bushy busiest men have the most leisure business business as usual Business before pleasure business end of business is business busman busman's holiday leisure bust bust a bronco bust a gut bust a move			Burst-Based Weighted Fair Queueing Burst-Based Weighted Fair Queueing with Preemption Burst-By-Burst burst-forming unit-erythroid burst-forming unit-erythroid Burst-Integrated Fluorescence Lifetime Burst-mode Burst-Mode Receiver Burst-Mode State Machine Burst-Noise Channel Burst-Promoting Activity Burst-Resistant Quality burst-suppression-isoflurane-anaesthesia Burstable Bit Rate BurstCopy BURSTDS Burstein effect Bursten burster burster Burster Size Reduction Burster Trimmer Stacker bursters bursters bursting bursting bursting bursting bursting bursting bursting at the seams bursting bubble bursting bubble bursting bubble bursting bubble bursting bubble bursting charge bursting charge bursting explosive bursting into flame bursting into flame bursting into flame bursting into flame bursting into flames bursting into flames bursting into flames bursting into flames bursting layer bursting strength Bursting With Laughter burstone bursts bursts bursts bursts bursts bursts bursts bubble bursts bubble bursts bubble bursts bubble

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