be as mad as a hatter



be as mad as a hatter

to be crazy
Usage notes: A long time ago, people who made hats used a substance that gave them an illness which made people think they were crazy.
Her brother's as mad as a hatter.
See also: hatter, mad

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Suellensoo-EL-ənEnglish
Waldemarvahl-DE-mahr (German, Polish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish
Valerija-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian
Micheil-Scottish
JesÚShe-SOOSSpanish
Pietrina-Italian