mad as a March hare

mad as a March hare
*mad as a hatter & *mad as a march hare
1. crazy. (Alludes to the crazy characters in Lewis Carroll's

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

*Also: as \mad as a march hare.) •

Poor old John is as mad as a hatter.

•

All these screaming children are driving me mad as a hatter.

2. angry. (This is a misunderstanding of

mad

in the first sense. *Also: as \mad as a march hare.) •

You make me so angry! I'm as mad as a hatter.

•

John can't control his temper. He's always mad as a hatter.

* * *
See: MAD AS A HATTER.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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