Fit to be tied (1912)

Jonathon Green slang at ABECEDARY.NET
Fri May 16 09:33:08 UTC 2003


An earlier cite from Australia:

1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Sep. 12/4: Marshall Hall's accusers are 'fit to be
tied' when asked for proofs [...] of their bugbear's alleged devilishness,
and seem as if they'd rather see him laid in his grave than shriven of his
supposed guilt.

Jonathon Green



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