To burst with someone's meat ???

[rappiolla]

I have googled for the meaning of the thread title to no avail. I came across it in one of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster books and was not able to figure it out from the context. Perhaps it is dated as is often the case in vocabulary found in other similar books written in the early 20th century.

This is the paragraph:

‘Well, if anybody had told me this would happen, I wouldn’t have believed it. I would have laughed mockingly. Bertie Wooster let me down? No, no, I would have said – not Bertie, who was not only at school with me but is at this very moment bursting with my meat.’

(From P. G. Wodehouse: "Joy in the Morning")

[GoesStation]

The speaker had recently served Bertie a large meal.

[probus]

Don't feel bad, rappiolla. That's a subtle and difficult one. I was scratching my head a bit over it, but I am sure GoesStation is right.

[rappiolla]

Thanks to you both.

[Tarheel]

I understand the explanation, but it does seem like an odd thing to say. Some people are just eccentric I guess.

[GoesStation]

It's typical Wodehouse.

[Tdol]

That is the way he writes. And his readers can't get enough of it.

[GoesStation]

I just re-read the quoted book a few weeks ago. Wodehouse was brilliant, but he's probably not very accessible to learners.

[Tdol]

Not really, but my non-native speaker wife enjoyed the opening of the Jeeves and Wooster with Fry and Laurie, where Jeeves goes several minutes without making sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk7p...EJDLyiaLWr_MUU

[jutfrank]

The speaker had recently served Bertie a large meal.

Is the sexual innuendo intended? I assume it is, right?