mad (redirected from maddish)

be as mad as a hatter

to be crazy. Her brother's as mad as a hatter.

be as mad as a hornet (American)

to be very angry. He was as mad as a hornet when he heard what she said about him.

See also: hornet

be as mad as a March hare (old-fashioned)

to be crazy. This woman was dancing in the road and singing very loudly - I thought she was mad as a March hare.

See also: hare, march

be barking mad (British & Australian, old-fashioned)

to be crazy. You went swimming in the sea in the middle of winter? You must be barking mad!

See also: bark

be fighting mad (American & Australian, informal)

to be very angry. When Dad finds out you've crashed the car, he'll be fighting mad.

See also: fight

be hopping mad (old-fashioned)

to be very angry. My Dad was hopping mad when I told him I'd crashed his car.

See also: hop

be stark raving mad (British, American & Australian, British)

to be completely crazy. She looked at me as though she thought I was stark raving mad.

See also: stark

Don't get mad, get even.

something that you say in order to tell someone not to be angry when someone has upset them, but to do something that will upset them as much. This is my advice to wives whose husbands have left them for a younger woman - don't get mad, get even!

See also: don't, even

like mad (informal)

if something hurts like mad it hurts very much, and if you do something like mad you do it very quickly and with a lot of force. This cut stings like mad. I braked like mad but couldn't stop in time and hit the car in front.

See also: like

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like mad

1. a lot. The competition is growing like mad in this field.

2. very quickly. My poor heart is beating like mad.

See also: like

mad about someone/something

to like or love someone or something very much. I was mad about animals and ignored everything else until I was about eleven.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of mad (= crazy)

See also: about