fit to be tied
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fit to be tied
angry and agitated. (As if needing to be restrained.) Joe was fit to be tied when his wife told him she was leaving. I was fit to be tied when Mary tried to be friendly, after three years of not speaking to me.
fit to be tied
Furious, enraged, as in I've been waiting for two hours and am fit to be tied. This expression implies anger so extreme that it requires physical restraint. [Late 1800s]
fit to be tied
AMERICANIf you are fit to be tied, you are very angry. Note: In the first two idioms here, `fit' means healthy and full of energy. Douglas was fit to be tied and made Harry pay back every last dollar. Note: `Fit' here means ready or suitable for a particular purpose.
fit to be tied
very angry. informal 1988 Joan Smith A Masculine Ending He was fit to be tied when I separated from Hugh, and he seems to blame me for the whole thing.
fit to be tied
Roused to great anger or indignation; outraged.
fit to be tied
Very angry and upset. The image is being so agitated that only by being physically restrained, as if in a straightjacket, would a person be prevented from doing something rash and regrettable.