Communication
at the top of your lungs
as loudly as possible
If you speak, shout or sing at the top of your lungs, you do it as loudly as you possibly can.
Hear it in real life
Why was the baby crying?
Her brother was shouting at the top of his lungs.
My neighbours were singing at the top of their lungs after the football match.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: at the top of their voice
Say: at the top of their lungs
The idiom uses 'lungs', not the singular 'voice' transferred from similar expressions in other languages.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
shout at the top of your lungs; sing at the top of your lungs
Your turn: say it out loud
My neighbours were singing at the top of their lungs after the football match.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
at the top of your lungs
as loudly as possible
“My neighbours were singing at the top of their lungs after the football match.”
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