| 单词 | as mad as a wet hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) mad (also angry) as a wet hen b. Used in similes and comparisons as a type of someone who is angry, outraged, or agitated. Esp. in (as) mad (also angry) as a wet hen: very angry. ΚΠ 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. iv. 8 As wanton as a wet Hen. 1823 J. Doddridge Logan 42 Every body that was not ax'd was mad as a wet hen. 1907 Amer. Mag. Feb. 339/1 He just looked at me and then flounced out, mad as a wet hen. 1969 Black Belt Dec. 38/1 Bloody and angry as a wet hen, Dickinson threw a fast roundhouse kick. 2018 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 3 Apr. It is dark, it is dank, it is cold, nothing spring like now or in the future. I am angry, fussy, as mad as a wet hen. as mad as a wet hen m. as mad as a wet hen ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adjective] annoyedc1330 crabbedc1480 provoked1538 chafing1539 nettledc1576 chafed1582 irritated1595 as mad as Ajax1598 aggravated1611 enchafeda1616 irritate1626 on or upon the fret1679 as mad as a wet hen1823 as mad as a meat axe1855 scotty1867 hacked1892 raggy1900 ratty1909 pipped1914 fucked-off1923 rubbed1927 eggy1935 broigus1937 salty1938 pissed1943 peed off1948 1823 J. Doddridge Dialogue Backwoodsman & Dandy in Logan 42 Every body that was not ax'd was mad as a wet hen. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 54 The Colonel is as mad as a wet hen about the whole thing. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xviii. 249 My uncle will be as mad as a wet hen when he finds out that he has been fooled. 1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 22 July 1/4 The chicken farmers of Quebec..are as mad as, well a wet hen. < as lemmas |
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