单词 | as mad as a snake |
释义 | > as lemmasas mad as a (cut) snake j. as mad as a (cut) snake Australian. ΚΠ 1917 A. L. Brewer 'Gator's Euchre 29 When a new-chum gets lost, why..does he lose his head?.. They run as mad as snakes. 1932 ‘W. Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 30 ‘But you're mad!’ said Mick, ‘mad as a cut snake!’ 1951 S. Mackenzie Dead Men Rising 203 ‘Mad as a cut snake,’ Johnson said admiringly, ‘and there's not a better feller in the whole camp.’ 1963 Moderna Språk 57 i. 10 As mad as a cut snake: ‘mad’ is used in the sense of ‘angry’, and the phrase means ‘extremely angry’. 1982 T. Winton Open Swimmer 23 He's as mad as a cut snake. < as lemmas |
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