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*crazy as a betsy bug and *crazy as a peach-orchard boar; *crazy as a loon

Rur. acting as if insane. (*Also: as ~.) Tom: Susan says she's really the Queen of England. Bill: She's crazy as a betsy bug. Jill: David's a little eccentric, isn't he? Jane: Crazy as a loon, I'd say. What's wrong with Jim? He's acting as crazy as a peach-orchard boar.

See also: bug

*stir-crazy

crazy from being confined. (*Typically: be ~; become ~; go ~; get ~; make someone ~. stir is a slang word for prison.) I am going to go stir-crazy if I don't get out of this office.

crazy about someone or something and mad about someone or something; nuts about someone or something; crazy for someone or something

Fig. very fond of someone or something. Ann is crazy about John. He's crazy about her, too. I'm mad about their new song.

crazy in the head

stupid or insane. Be quiet, Jed. You are just crazy in the head. Am I crazy in the head, or did I just see someone walking a leopard on a leash?

See also: head

drive someone crazy and drive someone insane; drive someone mad 

1. . Lit. to force someone into a state of insanity or mental instability. The sound of the wind howling drove me crazy. The dog's constant barking drove me insane.

2. Fig. to annoy or irritate someone. This itch is driving me crazy. All these telephone calls are driving me mad.

See also: drive

funny bone and crazy bone

a spot near the elbow bone that is very sensitive to the touch. Ouch, I hit my funny bone. Effie bumped her crazy bone and made a horrendous face.

See also: bone, funny

go crazy and go nuts

to become crazy, disoriented, or frustrated. It is so busy here that I think I will go crazy. Bob went nuts because his car got a flat tire.

like crazy and like mad

Fig. furiously; very much, fast, many, or actively. People are coming in here like crazy. There isn't enough room for them all. We sold ice cream like crazy. It was a very hot day.

See also: like

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be as [crazy/rich etc.] as they come

to be very rich, crazy etc. Jenny's as crazy as they come.

See also: come

like crazy  (informal)

if you do something like crazy, you do it a lot or very quickly We'll have to work like crazy to finish the decorating by the weekend.

See also: like

stir-crazy  (mainly American informal)

upset and nervous because you have been in one place for too long

Usage notes: Stir is a word used in American English for a prison.

It's no wonder she's going stir-crazy, shut in that tiny house all day with three young children.

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crazy about somebody/something

to like or love someone or something very much mad about somebody/something He was my first love, and I was crazy about him.

Usage notes: often used in the negative form not crazy about to express a lack of enthusiasm about someone or something: I'm really not crazy about TV, but I occasionally watch a ballgame.

drive you crazy also drive you nuts

to make you upset Until you get used to a new computer, the software will drive you crazy. Because I am not a patient person, I am quite sure that editing a dictionary would just drive me nuts!

Usage notes: also used in the form drive you mad

See also: drive

like crazy

1. a lot like mad She itched like crazy.

2. very quickly like mad The cucumbers here grow like crazy.

See also: like