- in good fettle
- in fine/good ˈfettle idiom
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The team is in fine fettle.
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Park Foods is in fine fettle after selling off all non-core businesses.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
in good fettle
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be in good fettle — be in fine/good/excellent/fettle informal old fashioned phrase to be healthy, or to be performing or working well Thesaurus: to be, or to feel healthysynonym … Useful english dictionary
fettle — fet|tle [ˈfetl] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: fettle to clean, make ready (14 19 centuries)] in fine/good fettle old fashioned healthy or working properly … Dictionary of contemporary English
fettle — noun in fine fettle/in good fettle old fashioned healthy or working properly … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Fettle — Fet tle, n. The act of fettling. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. [1913 Webster] {In fine fettle}, in good spirits. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fettle — I Cumbrian Dictionary 1.( n fettul) Condition, e.g. After Sat da neets gatterin at t oldhall, a waz not a grand fettle = After Saturday nights entertainments in Egremont, I didn t feel too well. 2.( v fettul) To fix, to repair e.g. That ll fettle … English dialects glossary
fettle — [[t]fe̱t(ə)l[/t]] PHRASE: v link PHR, PHR after v If you say that someone or something is in fine fettle, you mean that they are in very good health or condition. [INFORMAL] You seem in fine fettle … English dictionary
fettle — /ˈfɛtl / (say fetl) noun 1. state; condition. –verb (t) 2. Mechanics to remove the roughness from (a casting) and to verify that it is free from flaws, by hanging in chains and striking with a hammer. 3. Metallurgy to line (a furnace) with loose… …
good shape — Synonyms and related words: aesthetic proportions, anality, apple pie order, beauties, belle tournure, bodily charm, bodily grace, charms, curvaceousness, curves, discipline, eupepsia, fine fettle, fine shape, fine whack, glowing health, good… … Moby Thesaurus
fettle — fet|tle [ fetl ] noun be in fine/good/excellent fettle INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED to be healthy or performing or working well … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fettle — UK [ˈfet(ə)l] / US noun be in fine/good/excellent fettle informal old fashioned to be healthy, or to be performing or working well … English dictionary
