March hare
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I tell you, sir, he's as crazy as a March hare.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Courier-Journal Colonel Watterson said flatly that Theodore was "as mad as a March hare," suggested that his family ought to lock him up before he did more harm.
From Time Magazine Archive
You’d be as mad as a March hare to do such a foolish thing.
From The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle by Katherine Stokes
"Mad as a March hare," is an indelicate term that should not be used on account of its origin.
From Every-Day Errors of Speech by L. P. Meredith
They say that sometimes he gits crazier 'n a March hare, and nobody kin tell just when the fit'll come on him.
From Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign by John McElroy
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