Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “bursting at the seams” and it is a phrase meaning “(of a place) crowded, filled, packed, crammed, thronged, overflowing, choked, jammed, congested”.
Example Sentence: Problems getting goods from overseas ports and into shops will persist well into this year, Oxford Economics said on Tuesday. With more staff off because of Covid, increased port operating hours may not be enough to clear out congestion, the UK-based forecasting group said. It said truck drivers were also in short supply – a problem that needs higher wages and better conditions to fix – and “warehouses are bursting at the seams across many countries” due to a surge in online shopping.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article From empty shelves to cancelled festivals: how Omicron is wreaking havoc across Australia and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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