mad as a March hare
Utterly off-kilter
Mad as a March hare describes someone who is wildly eccentric or completely crazy.
The expression references the erratic behavior of hares during their spring breeding season, when they leap, box, and chase each other in seemingly frantic displays.
She's been running around mad as a March hare trying to finish the project.
The phrase dates back centuries and was famously featured in Lewis Carroll's *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*.
- mad as a hatterCompletely, absurdly insane
- stark raving madUtterly, wildly insane
- barking madUtterly crazy, British slang
- round the bendMentally unbalanced, informal
- off one's rockerInsane, mentally unstable
screwy · bonkers · off · crackers · dotty · maniacal · wild · mating season · breeding season · spring fever · bananas · bolt · lunatic · hop · dash · frenzied · Lewis Carroll · daffy
mad as a March haresane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
rational · of sound mind · compos mentis · lucid · in one's right mind
mad as a March harecalm as a cucumber
Extremely composed and relaxed
cool as a cucumber · composed · sedate · unflappable · collected
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