six ways to Sunday

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six ways to Sunday (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) Thoroughly, completely, in every way imaginable.
    • 1997, David Twohy, Danielle Alexandra, G.I. Jane:
      He will fry me six ways to Sunday for sending daughters and young mothers off to war—and, quite possibly, for bringing them back in body bags.
    • 2004, Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil, “The Ann Who Came to Dinner”, in Frasier, season 11, episode 13:
      If she chips so much as one of my porcelain piggies, I'll sue her six ways to Sunday!
    • 2013, Heather Mitchell, “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner”, in Scandal, season 3, episode 2, spoken by President Fitzgerald Grant:
      I'm not lying, Sally. I had Jeannine Lock six ways to Sunday all over this White House. And after some soul searching on all of our parts I think my constituents are going to forgive me for it