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OH ! you got me this time
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Did you go for cheap or expensive?
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I got mine right
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If something fits the bill, it is what is required.
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I was looking for an English site and usingenglish just fits the bill.
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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?
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Not the only one that got lost in translation
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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.



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