fit to be tied

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)Veryagitatedordistressed; also, veryangry;enraged,furious.[from early 19th c.]Synonyms:ready to be tied,ropeable;see alsoThesaurus:angry1838April, “Ensign O’Donoghue’s Packet from Belgium”, inFraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XVII, number C, London:James Fraser,[…],→OCLC,page446, column 2:[…]Mrs. Pepper reprimanded the master in the middle of the Park, before all the quality—Sunday afternoon, and the band playing, and the officers laughing, and hefit to be tied.1849,[Sir Richard Levinge, 7th Baronet], chapter VI, inCromwell Doolan; or, Life in the Army.[…], volume II, London:Henry Colburn,[…],→OCLC,page132:A thought struck him: he would play off the old lady for her ill-breeding, and he imparted his plan to Filagree. Shortly, they were whisked into a [train] tunnel, and all was darkness. Smack! Smack! from Cromwell, and ditto, ditto, from the Muffin, as they faithfully imitated loud kissing. It was pitch dark, and the old lady was "fit to be tied." "Girls, what are you about?" Smack! Smack! again.1859April 2, “The Reverend Alfred Hoblush Finds a New Broom”, inCharles Dickens, editor,Household Words. A Weekly Journal, volume XIX, number471, London:Bradbury and Evans,[…],→OCLC,page425, column 2:Rage, frenzy and grief, fluctuated in my breast with a terrible power. I was as one distraught, as onefit to be tied.1915, Kathleen Norris, chapter VIII, inThe Story of Julia Page, Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & Company,→OCLC,page368:Some girls can set around until they're blue moulded, and never a feller to ask 'em, and others the boys'll fret and pleg until they'refit to be tied, with nerves!1922February,James Joyce, “[Episode 18:Penelope]”, inUlysses, Paris:Shakespeare and Company,[…],→OCLC, part III [Nostos],page719:[…]I wasfit to be tiedthough I wouldnt give in with that gentleman of fashion staring down at me with his glasses and him the other side of me talking about[Baruch] Spinoza[…]1932,Edgar Wallace,Merian C[aldwell] Cooper, novelization byDelos W[heeler] Lovelace, chapter 6, inKing Kong, trade softcover edition, Nevada City, Calif.: Underwood Books, published2005,→ISBN,page40:I’mfit to be tiedright now. I’d like to throw my cap up into the air and yell Blue Blazes.2007June 3,Michael Leahy, “Driven to Extremes”, inThe Washington Post‎[1], Washington, D.C.:The Washington Post Company,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon5 March 2016:A man has a lot of time to think about a wife's anger during a long commute,[…]You have all the way in to work to let it get into your head. And then if you've also been caught in a traffic jam, you're maybefit to be tiedby the time you get to work in the morning of you get home at night. You get the most depressing, down thoughts.2020March 21, Random Encounters, “Goose on Holiday: AnUntitled Goose GameSong”‎[2]performed by Random Encounters, Adriana Figueroa,andFamilyJules,YouTube, archived fromthe originalon21 March 2023:You can run! / You can hide! / But we'll be right on your tail, / And we're allfit to be tied!

Examples:

EN: He's fit to be tied.
ES: Tiene buenas influencias.
ES: Le llevará tiempo.
EN: I was fit to be tied. I...
ES: Estaba hecho una furia.
EN: Well, when he told me I have to go on for Mida in the second act, I was fit to be tied.
ES: Cuando me dijeron que tenía que sustituir a Mida en el segundo acto, me volví loca.
EN: It's Pearson fit to be tied.
ES: Es Pearson. Habría que atarle.
EN: Why, thor was fit to be tied worrying over you.
ES: Thorley estaba preocupada por ti.
EN: Well, here comes the answer-- fit to be tied,
ES: Bien, aquí viene la respuesta-- preparado para ser atado.
EN: Let Williams off free an hour ago, and Martha's fit to be tied.
ES: Le dejó salir hará como una hora. Vino con Martha.
EN: He's fit to be tied, but he's a man!
ES: ¡Probablemente, pero es un hombre!
EN: Ellie was fit to be tied.
ES: Ellie estaba con el agua al cuello.
EN: Sobbin', fit to be tied
ES: Llorando y dispuesta
EN: You better stay away from Mr. Archie, he's fit to be tied.
ES: Más vale que se aleje del Sr. Archie, está furioso.
EN: I was fit to be tied.
ES: Estaba bien atado.
EN: It seems she talked about you too much and at the wrong times and the sergeant, he's just fit to be tied.
ES: Parece que ella habló demasiado en los momentos menos indicados, y el sargento está furioso.
EN: - We hear Washington's fit to be tied.
ES: - Hemos oído que Washington negociará.
EN: Your granddaddy won that land from him in a poker game, and Curry wants it back so bad he's fit to be tied.
ES: Su abuelo le ganó esa tierra en una partida de póquer. Y Curry tiene tanto empeño por recuperarla que está medio loco.

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