Nor are we quite so anxious to dismiss as "derivative" works that hone to perfection an idiom well established elsewhere.
The six discs of Essanay and Mutual shorts are, quite simply, 12 of the funniest hours ever committed to celluloid, abetted by Chaplin's remarkable ability to temper the more overt comic material with a more sobering air, something he would hone to perfection in his later features.
His music is an eruption, honed to perfection since the late 1950's.
You have honed to perfection a new form of athleticism - Olympic Eating.
Meanwhile, in Manhattan, a newcomer called Ramen Lab eschews ramped-up trends in favor of classics, honed to perfection.
And, even as their originality has waned, their performing unit and corporate machine has been honed to perfection.
We're going to be huge". It was a "performance", she wrote, "that had been honed to perfection".
CALIFORNIA is supposed to be the Golden State of beautiful people, their bodies honed to perfection by 24-hour gyms, cosmetic surgery and "healthful" diets.
He clearly loves his food and pronounces himself a most excellent chef, a skill he honed to perfection at college as a way to impress girls.
But, equally, we're not talking about a song that was slaved over and honed to perfection, until every syllable fell into place perfectly.
Wonder's capacity for delay, procrastination, dilatoriness, and all things tardy has been honed to perfection over his three and a half decades in show business.
