Fit the bill

**Tdol** · 25-Sep-2005, 08:49

Check your answer here.

aliaa · 15-Jun-2006, 13:45

OH ! you got me this time

**Tdol** · 22-Jun-2006, 12:09

Did you go for cheap or expensive?

**fieldmouse171** · 05-Jan-2008, 07:06

I got mine right

**Teia** · 05-Jan-2008, 07:10

If something fits the bill, it is what is required.

**blouen** · 22-Jan-2008, 00:08

I was looking for an English site and usingenglish just fits the bill.

**NEROMI** · 29-May-2008, 09:14

**vicente501** · 30-May-2008, 00:56

I am a native U.S. citizen...I have always seen this expression written as "Fill the bill". Perhaps it's written differently in the UK?

**bwana_ndege** · 05-Jul-2008, 20:02

Not the only one that got lost in translation

**supada** · 21-Oct-2008, 04:31

Originally Posted by vicente501

I am a native U.S. citizen...I have always seen this expression written as "Fill the bill". Perhaps it's written differently in the UK?

I think they have the same expressions, haven't they?

fill the bill Informal To serve a particular purpose.

fill the bill - definition of fill the bill by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

fit the bill (British, American & Australian, American & Australian)to have the qualities or experience which are needed. I'm looking for someone with several years of publishing experience and you seem to fit the bill. The city needs a strong leader, and the new mayor just doesn't fill the bill.

fit the bill - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

Others?

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