hopping mad
Related to hopping mad: losing ground, to top it off
hopping mad
Very angry. Mom was hopping mad after I dented her brand-new car.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
ˌhopping ˈmad (about/over something)
(informal) extremely angry about something: Anne was hopping mad about the sales figures.See also: hop, mad
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
hopping mad
mod. very angry; angry and jumping up and down. I was hopping mad about the broken window.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
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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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- be hopping mad
- hopping mad about (something)
- hopping mad over (something)
- be as mad as a hornet
- be fighting mad
- be storming mad
- get mad
- get mad at (someone or something)
- get mad at something
- make mad