Text only Version of the Online Writing Lab
St. Louis Community College - Meramec
"She sings at the top of her lungs."
On an interpretive level this means... She sings very loud.
Correct. On an interpretive level using the word top in the context of an action we assume the action is at full intensity. In this example, “sings at the top of her lungs” means the lung are used to sing with full intensity or loudness.