hopping mad
Beyond merely annoyed
Hopping mad means extremely angry—so furious you could jump up and down.
The image is of someone too agitated to stand still: She was hopping mad when she found out they'd left without her.
The expression is informal and slightly old-fashioned.
- boiling overLiquid overflowing from heat
- blowing one's topLosing one's temper violently
- rabidViolently extreme or fervent
- furiousExtremely angry
- incensedExtremely angry
livid · apoplectic · irate · enraged · fit to be tied · fit to burst · fuming · raging · wrathful · seething · spitting nails · flipping out · beside oneself · infuriated · losing one's cool · seeing red · through the roof · fists
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
- ragerage, fury, wrath, enraged, furious