fit to kill

Idioms  

1. Excessively, immoderately, as in She was dressed up fit to kill. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] Also see dressed to kill.

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Example Sentences

Miss Love was in the back, squeezed in between two mountains of grips, boxes, and hatboxes and boy howdy dressed fit to kill in a new fall outfit.

From Literature

Just after the curtains opened, Aunt Loma marched in from backstage, dressed fit to kill in black silk and importance, and sat down in the aisle seat that the Tuttles had saved for her.

From Literature

"And didn't you laugh fit to kill when the knights slipped off their horses and clattered to the ground? You'd hog-greased the saddles."

From Literature

I heard him laughing fit to kill.

From Literature

They found him snacking on blood bags and looking fit to kill.

From Los Angeles Times