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groan with/under (the weight of) sth

humorous

Definition

to carry a very large quantity of something
The tables were positively groaning with food.

(Definition of groan with/under (the weight of) sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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