- fill full of holes
- to kill by shootingYou may also, if so unfortunate, be filled with lead or with daylight.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
fill full of holes
Look at other dictionaries:
full — [ ful ] adjective *** ▸ 1 containing all that fits ▸ 2 complete ▸ 3 having a lot of something ▸ 4 unable to eat more ▸ 5 as much as possible ▸ 6 busy ▸ 7 body: large ▸ 8 clothing: loose on body ▸ 9 about flavor ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) containing the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fill — verb 1) he filled a bowl with cereal Syn: make full, fill up, fill to the brim, top up, charge Ant: empty 2) guests filled the parlor Syn: crowd into, throng, p … Thesaurus of popular words
full */*/*/ — UK [fʊl] / US adjective Word forms full : adjective full comparative fuller superlative fullest 1) a) containing the largest amount that will fit in a particular place The petrol tank is almost full. a full car park full of: bins full of rubbish… … English dictionary
fill — [fil] vt. [ME fillen, fullen < OE fyllan < Gmc * fulljan, to make full < * fulla (> Goth fulls, FULL1) + jan, caus. suffix] 1. a) to put as much as possible into; make full b) to put a considerable quantity of something into [to fill… … English World dictionary
fill — 1 /fIl/ verb 1 MAKE STH FULL a) also fill up (T) to put the right amount of a liquid, substance, or material into a container, or put in enough to make it full: I filled a saucepan and put it on the stove. | You ve filled the bath too full. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fill — [[t]fɪ̱l[/t]] ♦♦ fills, filling, filled 1) V ERG If you fill a container or area, or if it fills, an amount of something enters it that is enough to make it full. [V n with n] Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a slow boil... [V n] She made… … English dictionary
riddle — I n 1. puzzle, puzzler, poser, conundrum; code, cryptogram, cryptograph; rhymed puzzle, anagram, logogriph, word game, acrostic, Trademark. Double Crostic, crossword puzzle, Inf. crossword, diagramless puzzle, Inf. diagramless; charade, guessing… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
penetrate — v 1. pierce, transpierce, pass through; stab, gore, gouge, spear, lance, spike, run through, Sl. let the daylight in; bore, drill, ream, ream out, auger; perforate, puncture, prick, punch, riddle, Sl. fill full of holes; impale, transfix, fix,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hole — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, gaping, great, huge, large, massive, yawning ▪ small, tiny … Collocations dictionary
List of The Future Is Wild species — This is a list of possible species postulated in the 2003 Animal Planet/ORF and ZDF series The Future Is Wild . The series examined twelve ecosystems at three distant future times.Five million yearsAfter the warm time period of humanity s reign a … Wikipedia
