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hopping mad

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  1. 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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By then, Cronin was screaming and gesturing and literally hopping mad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2022

Many readers were hopping mad that I called her inadequate, but I wonder if people would be as upset if I had used the same terminology to describe a father who had abandoned his child.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2021

And Sheffield United fans are still hopping mad over West Ham’s 1-0 win against Manchester United in 2007 courtesy of a Carlos Tevez goal.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

First I was sad, then I was hopping mad.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2019

It wasn’t so much she hopping mad, but more like she tired to the bone of my hateful self.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles

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