fit to bust

fit to bust

With a lot of energy and enthusiasm. The kids were running around, fit to bust, so I sent them outside to play.
See also: bust, fit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fit to bust

with great energy.
1992 Daphne Glazer The Last Oasis I'd be rushing back at night, pedalling on my bike fit to bust.
See also: bust, fit
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • fit in with (someone or something)
  • fit to be tied
  • be fit to be tied
  • bust out of (some place)
  • bust someone out of somewhere
  • serve the purpose
  • bust someone one
  • bust (someone) one
  • have a blue fit
  • have a pink fit
References in classic literature
Ain't he fit to bust out of his clothes, and start the seams, and make the very buttons fly off with his fatness?
No other experience is similar to listening to a live orchestra playing fit to bust.
Arriving in a green Armani ballgown with hubby Jean-Bernard, Cheryl, 31, showed Mel B, 39, that less is more as her fellow judge looked fit to bust out of her low-cut black dress.
That is grossly unfair and utterly crushing to those youngsters who, even as I write, are revising fit to bust having been drilled for years about how crucial passing tests is for your future.
Tim Phillips's FIT TO BUST: HOW GREAT COMPANIES FAIL (9780749460136, $19.95) provides an excellent and engaging investigation into the typical causes of business failure, and goes beyond the popular news to examine back-room boardroom decision-making processes and how such decisions can contribute to a company's success or failure.
Tim Phillips (author); FIT TO BUST; Kogan Page (Nonfiction: Business & Economics) $19.95 ISBN: 9780749460136
Indeed, with both Kauto Star and Master Minded in his team Smith must have smiled fit to bust for so many seasons that his ears should have met behind his head long ago.
Pollyanna curled up in a lap, Street, Visit co.uk,or fax purring fit to bust. Not knowing her name, we discussed whether she was he or a she.
It's come to a stage where football is fit to bust.
Here Joni, who has swapped Glasgow for LA, gives GRACEMACASKILL her verdict on who has a treasure chest and who looks fit to bust.
Huang Xiao Lan with bra she made; Up for the cup...worker Ai Fang Shu, 20, with a Jealousy bra; Hundreds of workers at the Jealousy factory make bras and knickers for Western women; Huang Xiau Lan (2nd right) and & pals show off bras; Fit to bust...Billboards promoting bras at Underwear City; Pictures: RICHARDJONES; 1.
"I'm bored" was not a phrase used by wartime children, nor was "FTB" - Fit to bust.
Something may have been amiss when Fit To Bust next appeared at the end of December - which might explain why he has been off the course since - and off a very lowly mark Norman Babbage's charge merits the nap selection.
Now, there is a lot of it about, as doctors are trained for five years to say, but the laws of probability would surely be fit to bust if 28m people all went down with the same bug on the same day.
MOROCCAN marvel Abdessalam Benjelloun reckons he is fit to bust Hibs' 16-year wait for a trophy.