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be bulging/bursting at the seams
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be bulging/bursting at the seams (informal)
if a place is bursting at the seams, it has a very large number of people or things in it. All my family came to stay for the wedding and our little house was bursting at the seams.
See also: burst, seam

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The city may be bursting at the seams with growth, but it still clings to its small-town Independence Day traditions, the cornerstone of which is Saturday's Fourth of July Parade.
 
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