March hare
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
I tell you, sir, he's as crazy as a March hare.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The man I am sure is as mad as a March hare; let us descend and see if he is any where secreted in the small apartment below."
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry
He’s the man we picked up mad as a March hare, with twenty thousand dollars in banknotes in his pockets.”
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
"The man is evidently as mad as a March hare."
From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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