The cup was filled to overflowing/ to reach the end of one's tether
The stomach was filled to its brim. In a question: It reached its maximum. Things had crossed the limit. Or: Tolerance was exhausted. The ability to contain the matter was exhausted (sah means a former term of about 13 liters. glut means full or accumulated).alogous to a vessel filled to the brim and overflowing.
("The Blessed One will not depart from man until his time (the time of his sins) is fulfilled" - Sota 9:1)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִתְמַלְּאָה הַסְּאָה, הֻוגְדְּשָׁה הַסְּאָה
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְמַלְּאָה הַסְּאָה עַל גְּדוֹתֶיהָ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִגִּיעַ לַמַּקְסִימוּם. הַדְּבָרִים עָבְרוּ אֶת הַגְּבוּל. אוֹ: הַסַּבְלָנוּת נִגְמְרָה. הַיְּכֹלֶת לְהָכִיל אֶת הַדָּבָר הִסְתַּיְּמָה (סְאָה מַשְׁמָע מִדַּת נֶפַח קְדוּמָה שֶׁל כִּ-13 לִיטֶר. גָּדַשׁ מַשְׁמָע מִלֵּא אוֹ צַבָּר).
("אֵין הקב"ה נִפְרָע מִן הָאָדָם עַד שֶׁתִּתְמַלֵּא סְאָתוֹ (סְאַת חֲטָאָיו)"- סוֹטָה ט ע"א)