| 词组 | hopping mad |
| 释义 | hopping mad Theme: ANGER mod. very angry; angry and jumping up and down.I was hopping mad about the broken window.The boss was hopping mad at the secretary. hopping mad adjective very angry US, 1675hopping madVery angry. Mom was hopping mad after I dented her brand-new car. hopping madFig. very angry. Joe got hopping mad when the salescerk was rude to him. The student's practical jokes made the teacher hopping mad. hopping madEnraged, 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] ˌhopping ˈmad (about/over something)(informal) extremely angry about something: Anne was hopping mad about the sales figures.hopping mad mod. very angry; angry and jumping up and down. I was hopping mad about the broken window. hopping madExtremely 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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