Meanings
- colloquialnot comparablesimilePerfectly fit; in excellent condition or health.
This is excellent ynfayth, as fit as a Fiddle: […]
1598, [William Haughton], English-men for My Money: Or, a Pleasant Comedy, Called, A Woman will Haue Her Will, London: Imprinted at London by W[illiam] White, dwelling in Cow-lane, published 1616, →OCLC2 more examples
You wake up, feeling as fit as a fiddle; you look at the window and see the sun, and thank Heaven for a fine day.
1915 September 3, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 2, in Something New (Project Gutenberg; EBook #2042), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 6 September 2008 (Project Gutenberg version), →OCLCIcelanders will assure you that their economy is really as fit as a fiddle, and it is true that the country does produce a tidy budget surplus.
2008 April 10, Alexander Jung, Christoph Pauly, “Crashing the party of Icelandic prosperity”, in Spiegel Online, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2015Synonyms: fit as a butcher's dog, fit as a flea, in fine fettle, right as a trivet, sound as a bell, sound in wind and limb
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePerfectly fit; in excellent condition or health.
Origin
Unknown; possibly alliterative.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish frisk som en fisk, frisk som en havørn
- frisk som en fiskperfectly fit
- frisk som en havørnperfectly fit
Dutch fit als een hoentje, kiplekker
- fit als een hoentjeperfectly fit
- kiplekkerperfectly fit
Finnish elämänsä kunnossa, terve kuin pukki
- elämänsä kunnossaperfectly fit
- terve kuin pukkiperfectly fit
French frais comme un gardon
- frais comme un gardonperfectly fit
German fit wie ein Turnschuh, kerngesund
- fit wie ein Turnschuhperfectly fit
- kerngesundperfectly fit
Hungarian egészséges, mint a makk, makkegészséges
- egészséges, mint a makkperfectly fit
- makkegészségesperfectly fit
Icelandic stálhraustur, stálsleginn
- stálhrausturperfectly fit
- stálsleginnperfectly fit
- bráðhressperfectly fit
Italian sano come un pesce
- sano come un pesceperfectly fit
Norwegian Bokmål frisk som en fisk
- frisk som en fiskperfectly fit
Polish zdrów jak ryba, zdrów jak koń
- zdrów jak rybaperfectly fit
- zdrów jak końperfectly fit
Swedish frisk som en nötkärna
- frisk som en nötkärnaperfectly fit
Ukrainian здоровий як бик, як огірок
- здоровий як бик (zdorovyj jak byk)perfectly fit
- як огірок (jak ohirok)perfectly fit
- здоровий як кінь (zdorovyj jak kinʹ)perfectly fit
Vietnamese khoẻ như vâm
- khoẻ như vâmperfectly fit
Cite this entry
fit as a fiddle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fit%20as%20a%20fiddle
“fit as a fiddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fit%20as%20a%20fiddle. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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