fit to be tied

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /fɪt tuː biː ˈtaɪ̯d/|/ˌfɪt tə biː ˈtaɪ̯d/    美 /fɪt tu bi ˈtaɪ̯d/|/ˌfɪt tə bi ˈtaɪ̯d/|/fɪt tʉː biː ˈtɑe̯d/|/ˌfɪt tə biː ˈtɑe̯d/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  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.

词源

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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