fit to be tied
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
extremely angry or frustrated
Literally: physically restrained
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
‘ He was fit to be tied when I separated from Hugh, and he seems to blame me for the whole thing.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “fit to be tied” mean?
extremely angry or frustrated Literally: physically restrained
Is “fit to be tied” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.