| 单词 | like any mad | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike any mad  P1.    like mad: (literally) in the manner of one who is mad; (hence) furiously, with excessive violence or enthusiasm; now often (colloquial) in weakened sense, as an intensifier: greatly, to a high degree. Also  †like any mad,  †for mad. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > violently			[phrase]		 > with excessive violence or enthusiasm for mada1375 like mada1375 like a bandit1943 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > 			[phrase]		 > with fierce or furious violence as or like woodc1220 for woodc1275 wood1297 for mada1375 like mada1375 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much			[phrase]		 > extremely like mada1375 with a mischief1538 (as) — as anything1542 with a vengeance1568 with a siserary1607 (to be pleased) to a feathera1616 in (the) extremea1616 with the vengeance1693 to a degree1740 like hell1776 like the devil1791 like winky1830 like billy-o1885 (like) seven shades of ——1919 like a bandit1943 on wheels1943 a1375						 (c1350)						    William of Palerne 		(1867)	 1761  				Alisaundrine..mourned neiȝh for mad for meliors hire ladi. c1440						 (a1400)						    Awntyrs Arthure 		(Thornton)	 110  				It marrede, it mournede, it moyssede for made. 1530    J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement f. cc.liiv/2  				I go madde I go vp and downe lyke a madde body, je cours les rues.]			 1567    G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 105  				He sports to outward sight, but inward chafes like mad. 1653    Mercurius Democritus No. 51. 393  				An unlucky Crack the other day crying Coals through the streets at 10d. the Bushell, the poor People flocking about him like mad. 1663    S. Pepys Diary 13 June 		(1971)	 IV. 182  				Thence by coach with a mad coachman that drove like mad. 1732    H. Fielding Covent-Garden Trag.  ii. xii. 30  				My reeling Head! which akes like any mad. 1741    S. Richardson Pamela IV. xvii. 118  				Several Harlequins, and other ludicrous Forms, that jump'd and ran about like mad. 1745    C. J. Hamilton Let. in  Academy 		(1893)	 18 Nov. 440/3  				They were Shooting at ye Standards Like Mad. 1824    Countess Granville Lett. 		(1894)	 I. 262  				We are writing like mad for the post. 1893    W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 101  				We..heard our fellows cheering like mad. 1934    J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey iii. 55  				They wanted Old Polly to dance, but she wouldn't..until they'd gone, and then she danced like mad. 1965    New Statesman 14 May 753/1  				Do Royal tours really matter? They matter like mad to the British embassy staff in the country concerned. 1990    Sunday Express Mag. 21 Oct. 20/2  				Fear is nothing compared with the discomfort...‘Your back aches like mad.’ < as lemmas | 
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