mad as a March hare
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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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But as for Mr. John Coulter being their giver—why, you are mad as a March hare to think it for a moment.
From Carl and the Cotton Gin by Bassett, Sara Ware
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 Jefferies, Richard
Mr. Gladstone must be as mad as a March hare.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
A beautiful lake, or a sublime mountain, drives a young poet as mad as a March hare.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde