"Fill the bill" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... 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
... through the World War, served under Kemal Pasha in Turkey, helped the Riffs in Morocco, filibustered in South America and handled a machine-gun for revolutionary forces in Mexico. Surely, he thought grimly, if anyone could fill the bill for a soldier of ...
— The Heads of Apex • Francis Flagg
... 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 |
