crazy (redirected from craziness)

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

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

See also: come, rich

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. 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 someone/something

to like or love someone or something very much. 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.Altho crazy about and mad about are true syns. in most contexts, only crazy about is much used in the negative, & of course mad about is more frequently used non-idiomatically to mean angry about sth.--SL, 8/02

See also: about

drive you crazy

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. She itched like crazy.

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

See also: like