do credit to
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“Its beauty of design and execution would do credit to any part of the world,” the newspaper declared.
From New York Times
Walter Kerr, writing in The Times, commented, “Miss Allen floats in like fresh green seaweed borne shoreward by her own tidal wave of chatter, silver slippers and gloves flashing signals like the RKO tower, whooping with laughter that would do credit to an unstrung hyena.”
From New York Times
Dennett's recycling credentials would do credit to the deepest of Greens.
From The Guardian
In recent days, visitors to the city have been surprised to see pigeons sporting plumages that would do credit to a tropical parrot: green and yellow pigeons; pigeons whose feathers radiate electric blue or strident vermillion; even pigeons that seem to be robed in imperial purple.
From The Guardian
They are conducted on the modern principles of science, and do credit to their authors.
From Project Gutenberg
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