mad as a hatter
Example Sentences
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“How adorable you three are! But alas, I have no actual bones to give you. When I say your paintings are dry as a bone, it is merely a figure of speech. Like mad as a hatter.”
From Literature
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It doesn’t take long for Onion to realize that Brown, for all his noble ambitions of emancipation, is as mad as a hatter.
From Los Angeles Times
Simply mad as a hatter how brief the wait was for this glow-in-the-dark classic.
From Los Angeles Times
During various episodes in his life, Lowell was as mad as a hatter, but in poems like these he went crazy for a purpose.
From The Guardian
“Sure. Whatever. But the bottom line is he’s mad as a hatter. Of course, he’s also brilliant, so we work around it. It’s harder for Marlena than the rest of us, of course. Which is why we must support her.”
From Literature
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