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.
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I tell you, sir, he's as crazy as a March hare.
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He’s as mad as a March hare and he ought to be in school.”
From The Girl From His Town by Vorst, Marie Van
Whoever has a touch of madness to lend him sympathy with the March hare likes the bewildering days through which he scampers to vanish at the edge of April.
From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian
A March hare isn’t in it with you.
From Sir Hilton's Sin by Fenn, George Manville
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