单词 | to a fault |
释义 | to a faultExcessively, extremely, as in He was generous to a fault. This phrase, always qualifying an adjective, has been so used since the mid-1700s. Indeed, Oliver Goldsmith had this precise usage in The Life of Richard Nash (1762). Words nearby to a faulttoadstone, toadstool, to advantage, toady, to a fare-thee-well, to a fault, to all intents and purposes, to a man, Toamasina, to-and-fro, toast The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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