to a fault

[to a fault] {adv. phr.}

So very well that it is in a way bad; to the point of being rather foolish; too well; too much.

* /Aunt May wants everything in her house to be exactly right; she is neat to a fault./

* /Mary acts her part to a fault./

* /John carries thoroughness to a fault; he spends many hours writing his reports./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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