Posted by ESC on December 11, 2003
In Reply to: "All get out" posted by Phia on December 11, 2003
: "I'm as busy as 'all get out.'"
: I don't understand how this phrase makes sense. Any explanations into this one? Thanks!
It is a country phrase. But I can't explain it. It is an all-purpose intensifier: as cold as all get-out; mad as all get-out.