fit to kill
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There were arguments fit to kill, rare old Fourth-Ward oratory, Tweedledums-&-dees all over the house.
From Time Magazine Archive
The disbelief arose from the snobbish, traditional feeling that Shakespeare must be dressed up fit to kill, cannot possibly be made presentable on the bare boards he wrote for.
From Time Magazine Archive
"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 "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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 "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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 "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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