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

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

There were arguments fit to kill, rare old Fourth-Ward oratory, Tweedledums-&-dees all over the house.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

He stood up on the limb and started jumping up and down, and laughing fit to kill.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls