fit for Croesus
- idiom
- Literature
- Their wedding was an affair fit for Croesus, with every luxury money could buy.
Examples
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The dining room was decorated in a style fit for Croesus, with gold accents and expensive furniture.
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She wore a necklace that looked fit for Croesus, dazzling everybody at the gala.
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This mansion is fit for Croesus!
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The new yacht is truly fit for Croesus.
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The dining room was decorated in a style fit for Croesus, with gold accents and expensive furniture.
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She wore a necklace that looked fit for Croesus, dazzling everybody at the gala.
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Their wedding was an affair fit for Croesus, with every luxury money could buy.
Synonyms
60
5.6
Something that is very comfortable and expensive and shows someone is rich
55
5.5
Rich and full of expensive things, like a large party or home
12
5.1
Rich and expensive in style, showing high quality and comfort
5
5.6
Very fancy and of high quality, like what a king would use
1
6.5
Rich, comfortable, and clearly expensive
Antonyms
How Luxurious
- Literature
5
5.6
55
5.5
16
7.5
60
5.6
488
1.0
201
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'suitable for someone extremely wealthy' is directly derivable from combining 'fit' (suitable) + 'for' (suitable for) + 'Croesus' (a very wealthy person), so the composition is straightforward for a learner who knows the name. The syntactic pattern 'fit for X' is common cross-linguistically, so the expression is transparent; the real difficulty for learners is familiarity with the proper name Croesus, not the compositional semantics.
Etymology
Fit for Croesus comes from an ancient king, Croesus, who was famous for his great wealth and gold. So saying something is fit for Croesus means it is 'extremely luxurious' or 'suitable for someone very rich'.