З-26

ПОД (ПО) (САМУЮ) ЪАВЙЖУ highly coll PrepP these forms only fixed WO

1. наполнить, нагрузить, набить что (чем or, less often, кем) \З-26 ( usu. adv

(to fill, load etc sth. ) to its uppermost physical capacity, to a point beyond which it is impossible, unadvisable, unrealistic etc to go

to the limit

right to the top chock-full (chockful) full up to the breaking (bursting etc) point (so that) there isn't room for (more (another NP etc)).

"...Нагрузили мою машину снарядами по самую завязку»... (Шолохов 1). "...My lorry was loaded with shells right to the top..." (1a). "We loaded up my lorry chockful of shells" (1c).

«...Мы этого вашего Чонкина в настоящий момент до себя ( substand = к себе) взять не можем, местов ( substand = мест) нету. Гарнизонная гауптвахта - под завязку» (Войнович 4). "We are not taking that Chonkin of yours at the present moment because we have no room here. The garrison guardhouse is full up" (4a).

Вот это квас! Аж дух зашибает. Погоди, бабка, не уноси. Сейчас я сбегаю по малому делу, ешё выпью, а то уж некуда, под завязку» (Войнович 5). "That's kvass. Takes your breath away. Hold on, don't take it away. I'll go run and take a leak and then I'll have some more. There isn't room for another drop in me right now" (5a).

2. - чего (у кого, в ком) (quantit subj-compl with copula ( subj / gen : abstr or concr) or adv

(of work, some emotion, some quality etc) sth. is present in the most extreme ( usu. maximum) amount possible, tolerable etc: у Y-a X-a \З-26 = Y has all the X he can handle

Y is up to his neck (his ears etc) in X (of work only) Y is swamped (plowed under, snowed under) with X.