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fit to wake the dead en · ADV

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  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) At a very high volume; extremely loudly.
    • "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. 1984, Tom Clancy, “The Thirteenth Day: Wednesday, 15 December”, in The Hunt for Red October, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, page 304:
    • They were screaming fit to wake the dead.

Translations (1)

fi niin lujaa että korvissa soi (at a very high volume)