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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
An exultation filled him [fit to break his body]
This novel is set in a Chinese village before World War One.
The protagonist Wang Lung lives with his father.
Today is Wang Lung's wedding day.
He invited some people to his house.
Then he lay down and drew the thick quilt about his shoulders and pretended to sleep. But he was not sleeping. He lay quivering, every nerve of his flesh awake. And when, after a long time, the room went dark, and there was the slow, silent, creeping movement of the woman beside him, an exultation filled him fit to break his body. He gave a hoarse laugh into the darkness and seized her.
[The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck]
I'd like to know "fit to break his body" means "into a state to fit to break his body."
Thank you in advance for your help.
The protagonist Wang Lung lives with his father.
Today is Wang Lung's wedding day.
He invited some people to his house.
Then he lay down and drew the thick quilt about his shoulders and pretended to sleep. But he was not sleeping. He lay quivering, every nerve of his flesh awake. And when, after a long time, the room went dark, and there was the slow, silent, creeping movement of the woman beside him, an exultation filled him fit to break his body. He gave a hoarse laugh into the darkness and seized her.
[The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck]
I'd like to know "fit to break his body" means "into a state to fit to break his body."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
No. an exultation of a kind that could break his body. an exultation that was suitable for breaking his body.
- No.
- an exultation of a kind that could break his body.
- an exultation that was suitable for breaking his body.
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No.
an exultation of a kind that could break his body.
an exultation that was suitable for breaking his body.
an exultation of a kind that could break his body.
an exultation that was suitable for breaking his body.
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Thank you, Clive, for yet another so very kind answer from you. 
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