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bellyful
(redirected from had a bellyful)

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bel·ly·ful  (bl-fl)
n. Informal
An undesirable or unendurable amount: a bellyful of criticism.

bellyful [ˈbɛlɪˌfʊl]
n
1. as much as one wants or can eat
2. Slang more than one can tolerate

Bellyful excessive amount.
Examples: bellyfull of bores—Lipton, 1970; of trouble.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bellyful - an undesirable overabundance; "a bellyful of your complaints"
overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"
Translations
bellyful [ˈbelɪfʊl] N (fig) I've had a bellyful (of)estoy hasta la coronilla or las narices(de)
bellyful [ˈbɛlifʊl] n
I've had a bellyful → j'en ai ras le bol
I've had a bellyful of that → J'en ai ras le bol de tout ça.
belly laugh ngros rire m (gras)
belly of pork npoitrine f de porc
bellyful
n
(inf: = more than enough) I’ve had a bellyful of him/writing these lettersich habe die Nase voll von ihm/davon, immer diese Briefe zu schreiben (inf)
(inf, of food) after a good bellyful of beansnachdem ich mir/er sich etc den Bauch mit Bohnen vollgeschlagen hatte (inf)
bellyful [ˈbɛlɪˌfʊl] n (fam) to have had a bellyful of sb/sthaver fatto un'indigestione di qn/qc
bellyful [ˈbɛlɪˌfʊl] n (fam) to have had a bellyful of sb/sthaver fatto un'indigestione di qn/qc


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So I guess the way it ended was that Eve got up and walked out on Adam, their tacky Eden--sick of honeysuckle, of trees stuck up with signs to state their meaning, and nothing to stick to your ribs but apples--she'd had a bellyful of those
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``He had a bellyful,'' said one league official, referring to the highly charged political climate of serving on the union board.
 
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