fit to wake the dead

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Adverb

fit to wake the dead (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) At a very high volume; extremely loudly.
    They were screaming fit to wake the dead.
    • 1984, Tom Clancy, “The Thirteenth Day: Wednesday, 15 December”, in The Hunt for Red October, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, page 304:
      "Maybe they're asleep." The ensign switched on the locator sonar. The high-frequency waves resonated through both vessels. It was a sound fit to wake the dead, but there was no response. The air supply in the Politovskiy had run out a day before.
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