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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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beautiful to a fault

Mary is beautiful to a fault.
John is very clever to a fault.

What do the above two statements refer to? Thanks.
  

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Marius HancuSearch for idioms here:

http://www.answers.com/topic/to-a-fault

Thanks, Marius, for the link.I get their meanings now. Nevertheless, I can't figure out why to a fault means extremely. In the interests of truth, could you come
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exagerating the display of a quality may become a fault
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Marius Hancuexagerating the display of a quality may become a fault
Thanks, Marius, for the reasonable reply.
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