hopping mad


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hopping mad

Very angry. Mom was hopping mad after I dented her brand-new car.
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hopping mad

Fig. very angry. Joe got hopping mad when the salescerk was rude to him. The student's practical jokes made the teacher hopping mad.
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hopping mad

Enraged, furious, as in I was hopping mad when they left my name off the list. This expression conjures up an image of jumping up and down with rage. [Colloquial; early 1800s]
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ˌhopping ˈmad (about/over something)

(informal) extremely angry about something: Anne was hopping mad about the sales figures.
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hopping mad

mod. very angry; angry and jumping up and down. I was hopping mad about the broken window.
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hopping mad

Extremely angry. The term implies that one is enough enraged to jump up and down or to hop about; it originated in the early nineteenth century in the United States. One of Seba Smith’s humorous political letters stated, “I had a long talk with the General . . . he was hopping mad” (The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing, 1833).
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Small brewers are hopping mad, pointing out that while they all grow some of their own ingredients, it is practically impossible to obtain half or more of their ingredients from within the Bay State.
Brewing trouble; ABCC advisory bad idea
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Walkers left high and dry
SIR - I was hopping mad to hear about Dai Davies' support in Parliament for rabbit welfare.
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You'd be hopping mad to miss this free sweet Easter treat at Poundland!
FREE EASTER SWEETS AT Poundland
This is why I gladly pay the pounds 4.50 to use the M6 Toll around Birmingham for a bit of peace and quiet, away from these bunny-brained drivers who make me so hopping mad.
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AWIRRAL brewer is "hopping mad" about the effects a rise in raw materials is having on his business.
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Manager Sean Wharton and the rest of the Cwmbran contingent were hopping mad at being denied victory at Caernarfon by a linesman's intervention a minute from the end.
Crows hopping mad at being denied
BFF CONFRONTATION 101 So hopping mad you could spit fire?
Watch your back! Ouch! It hurts when a BFF stabs you in the back. (Friends)
More than 5,000 Brownies and Guides will be hopping mad this weekend when they take over Dudley Zoo and Castle in a marathon charity event.
Post Script
Having reported on the sport for some 36 years this makes me hopping mad. It would be a great boost to point-to-pointing if these riders were to mention the sport from time to time, and also when writing their autobiographies.
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They are hopping mad over plans to erect four 160-foot floodlight pylons to enable Warwickshire to stage lucrative day-night games.
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However, no need to jump all over them, it's not as if they've Kermit-ted a crime Mike Bray Ewww she must have been hopping mad! Mad as a box of frogs @LydZ10 ...on IKEA no longer selling blinds with cords to help child safety Good.
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