hopping mad
Enraged, furious, as in I was hopping mad when they left my name off the list. This expression conjures up an image of jumping up and down with rage. [Colloquial; early 1800s]
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How to use hopping mad in a sentence
Half the GOP caucus will be hopping mad at him if he does let a clean CR get to the floor.
When Olympia Snowe announced she was leaving the Senate, her Republican colleagues were hopping mad.
How the Senate’s Women Maintain Bipartisanship and Civility | Margaret Carlson | March 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis time around, the sputtering economy and massive dysfunction in government have many voters hopping mad at Washington.
Ill bet those fresh chumps over at Hillsport are hopping mad today!
Left Half Harmon | Ralph Henry BarbourOld Welborne got hopping mad at me for ousting his tenant, and simply rowed me up Salt River.
Dixie Hart | Will N. Harben
But won't there be a hopping mad crowd around here when they find out that their gas tanks are both empty?
Air Service Boys Flying for Victory | Charles Amory BeachThe rest of us were "hopping mad," too, but held our tongues so long as we were around Phoenix.
Starlight Ranch | Charles KingHe was not hurt; he was only rumpled and dusty and hopping mad.
The Adventures of a Modest Man | Robert W. Chambers
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