释义 |
mad as a snake adjective extremely mad AUSTRALIA, 1917 Either meaning “out of one’s mind with anger” or “insane”.- He’s as mad as a snake. Goes round with a gun scaring people off his property. — Kylie Tennant, The Honey Flow, p. 57, 1956
- I was beginning to think she was odd before this, but now I thought the poor kid was as mad as a snake. — Les Such, A Yen for Yokohama, p. 78, 1963
- Mon dieu! You must be mad as a snake. — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
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