"Fill the bill" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Perry knew one of your gentlemen by the name of 'conscience,' perhaps; and I also suspect that maybe conscience does pretty nearly fill the bill, and that you've been having a bout with that. Eh? Now, what is the ...
— Just David • Eleanor H. Porter
... the clerk, looking him over critically, "but I hardly think you'll fill the bill. However, come ...
— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... States, England, France and Germany are all seeking to produce an ideal motor for aviation purposes. Many of the productions are highly creditable, but it may be truthfully said that none of them quite fill the bill as regards a combination of the minimum of weight with the maximum of reliable maintained power. They are all, in some respects, improvements upon those previously in use, but the great end sought for ...
— Flying Machines - Construction and Operation • W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
... twinkle, "there's nobody I know who could fill the bill, and I'm not sure the older men are ...
— Brandon of the Engineers • Harold Bindloss
... children—or was she a lady? It's a case of 'Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God,' or words to that effect. If we don't agree on our own account, we'll do it because you want it. Isn't that about the idea? Wouldn't that fill the bill?" ...
— Cloudy Jewel • Grace Livingston Hill |
