Ask them about anything but themselves or their business, and they'll probably be helpful to a fault.

And it almost seems as if he can be careful to a fault.

But his approach to design is organic, perhaps to a fault.

He is loyal to his best friends to a fault.

He seems, in fact, to be honest to a fault.

He is direct, open and focused, many of his friends said, perhaps to a fault.

Stubborn to a fault, he thought, just like her mother.

Yes, it was to her faults that she turned to save herself now.

He has been described as loyal to his organization, perhaps to a fault.

He does things for our team to please me to a fault.