March hare
Britishnoun
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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
"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
Shrike and grosbeak leave, saying that really it is growing quite warm, and, glancing behind them, they behold the March hare turning somersaults in snowdrifts.
From Minstrel Weather by Marian Storm
The neighbours thought the vicar was as mad as a March hare on this one point.
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Richard Jefferies
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