generous\ to\ a\ fault

generous\ to\ a\ fault
adj. phr.
Excessively generous.

Generous to a fault, my Aunt Elizabeth gave away all her rare books to her old college.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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