I have futilely searched the internet for a dictionary of adjectives. Does anyone own such a dictionary? What is the title of it?
Dunno if any of these will fill the bill, but several are listed
here.
don't mean to hijack here, but I always said "fit the bill".
welcome, BC.
a wonderful bird is the pelican
it's bill (sometimes quoted as beak) holds as much as its belican.
I would use fill the bill, rather than fit the bill.
oh goodie, yet another google race (YAGR)
"fit the bill" :: 1,280,000 ghits
"fill the bill" :: 205,000 ghits
It is both more logical and more traditional to say “fill the bill.” -
joe (I fit the law and the law won) friday
I have futilely searched the internet for a dictionary of adjectives. Does anyone own such a dictionary? What is the title of it?
As Jackie did -- answering your question directly (!), all I can suggest is a thesaurus. Bartleby has a bunch:
http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri/
Fill the bill has the advantage of rhyming. And according to
Paul Brians at Washington State University it's correct. But when the "incorrect" usage outscores the "correct" by more than 6 to 1 who's to say which is correct?
Fill the bill has the advantage of rhyming. And according to
Paul Brians at Washington State University it's correct.
argh!
-joe (mantled again) friday Be careful Joe, when you crow that you are the Cock of the Walk the Faldage might ask you to foot the bill.
It's only mantling if what was mantled is out in the open.
It's only mantling if what was mantled is out in the open. Ah--but where does one draw the line as to when "by implication" equals "out in the open"? I once wrote a petition stating that the three-year-old child consistently wandered all over her neighborhood by herself, including crossing streets. Now to me, the child's age rendered it automatic that this put the child at risk. But the prosecutor wouldn't sign it until I'd added a sentence to that effect.