Side remark: Der LeoUser in #1, damals, hat bestimmt das Wort nicht gekannt. (Er wollte aber immer der erste sein, der postet.)

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Gesucht wurde also: "[The] Last weeks were really full-on."

Um das "full" in einer Wendung im Deutschen einzubringen, habe ich gerade überlegt, ob passt:

"In den letzten Wochen war volle Kanne/Pulle was los." Ich meine auch, das klingt ein Tacken positiver als "Die letzten Wochen waren heftig / krass."

Seht ihr das auch so?

"to be full-on" ist nicht in meinem aktiven englischen Wortschatz und ich kann es nicht ganz einschätzen.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/e...

full-on adjective (VERY GREAT)

very great or to the greatest degree:

The hotel specializes in full-on luxury.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/de...

full-on adjective

(informal)

​used to say that something is done to the greatest possible degree

• It was a full-on night out with the boys.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/...

ADJECTIVE

Full-on is used to describe things or activities that have all the characteristics of their type, or are done in the strongest or most extreme way possible.

[informal]

What they were really good at was full-on rock'n'roll. 

The coalition will face a full-on attack from the Government. 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-on

Synonyms of full-on

: COMPLETE, FULL-FLEDGED

https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/full-on

ˌfull-ˈon adjective [only before noun]    

extreme

 If you’re going for full-on glamour, add some sparkly jewellery.

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/full-on_adv?ta...

colloquial. Without reservation or restraint; completely, thoroughly; unambiguously or uninhibitedly.

1979 You're full-on wacko.T. Alibrandi, Killshot xiv. 170

1988 I think Tony will be the one to beat. I'm just doing it for the hell of it. Tony's going full-on. Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 14 June

1996 Teased by intelligent lighting, the missionee could mingle upstairs full on and downstairs be smoothly chilled. Private Eye 28 June 9/1

2003 All the credit, all the clout—give it up, full on, for ever to the one who loves us and liberates us from our mess by donating his blood. R. Lacey, Street Bible 509

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018...

I made the mistake of talking at him a lot, so he probably thinks I’m a bit full-on.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may...

His son was born in 2007, and caring for John is “full on”, he says. 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun...

Jeremy Hunt goes full-on Action Man – only without the personality

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/25/...

Infinity Pool review – a holiday turns hellish in full-on thriller

The sentence in #0 is complete and idiomatic to my English ears, except for the missing 'the' before 'the last (few) weeks'.

I read the ellipsis as an 'intentional silence/pause' rather than an omission/deletion. Because there's no article before 'full-on' it is actually quite tricky to finish the sentence idiomatically. As in:

The last few weeks have been full-on

• vs (countable) The last few weeks have been a full-on disaster.
• vs (uncountable) The last few weeks have been __ full-on madness.

Sorry for the long post above.

Just to say that 'full-on' is incredibly common in English. The Guardian claims it has 8,000+ search results for that expression in its articles, which I can well believe, we use the expression all the time.

But I don't know what you'd put on the German side for a new Leo entry. Collins ENG-GER offers 'total' (German) which works in some cases but not many!

Here's a potted history of my life at the moment in 'full-on' statements:

• The past two weeks of school visits have been very full-on.
• My daughter is very full-on at the moment because she's ill and cranky.
• My job is always more full-on in October.
• My husband has gone full-on boy scout this month.
• My elder daughter is in full-on teenager mode at the moment.

How would you translate any or all of them into German?

thanks Hecuba, yes. It's true that the dictionaries are more helpful on the adjectival use, and Longman is especially unhelpful in claiming it's only used adjectivally before nouns.

The dictionaries explain only the adjectival use before nouns, not the predicative use "to be full-on".

So, what's the meaning in

1) I made the mistake of talking at him a lot, so he probably thinks I’m a bit full-on."?

Full-on crazy? Extremely talky? "A bit" and "full-on" seems to be a contradiction in terms.

2) The past two weeks of school visits have been very full-on.

Have been busy? Have been hard slog? "Very" and "full-on" seems to be tautological.

3) My daughter is very full-on at the moment because she's ill and cranky.

In an extremely bad condition?

1. He probably thinks I’m a bit full-on = in-your-face, intense, extreme, 'a bit much'
2. The last two weeks have been very full-on: incredibly busy, extremely hard work, full calendar
3. my daughter is very full-on at the moment: she's hard work, hard to handle, a lot of effort, intense, needs a lot of attention

'A bit full-on' = not completely full-on full-on, but only a bit!

'Very full-on' - you can complain about this being a tautology as much as you like, but it's exactly how we speak.

have to be usable with an intensifier.

voll krass ;-)

yes, I liked heftig from further up the thread too. But obviously doesn't work in all contexts.