to the life



to the life

Resembling exactly, as in She's her sister to the life, or The play's so realistic; the murder is acted out to the life. This idiom uses life in the sense of "a lifelike semblance." [c. 1600]
See also: life

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Imma-Italian, Catalan
Vanja-Croatian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Gisila-Ancient Germanic
DenzilDEN-zilEnglish
Goyathlay-Native American, Apache
MistiMIS-teeEnglish