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Fit to be tied

//fɪt tuː biː ˈtaɪ̯d// adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Very agitated or distressed; also, very angry; enraged, furious. idiomatic, informal, not-comparable

    "[…] 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 he fit to be tied."

Etymology

From fit (“proper, suitable; prepared, ready”, adjective) + to (infinitive-marking particle) + be (auxiliary passive-voice verb) + tied (“attached or fastened by string or the like; bound”, adjective), probably referring to someone being so agitated or angry that they need to be physically restrained to prevent harm to themselves and/or others.

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