fit to be tied /fɪt tuː biː ˈtaɪ̯d/ adjective1 •(informal) Very agitated or distressed; also, very angry; enraged, furious.[…] Mrs. Pepper reprimanded the master in the middle of the Park, before all the quality—Sunday afternoon, and the band playing, and the officers laughing, and he fit to be tied. — 1838