be mad
Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words
to be insane (esp. BrE)
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- You must be mad to go out in this storm.
- Please don't be mad at me for being late.
- Some people thought the old inventor was mad.
- Are you still mad at him after all this time?
- You are mad if you think I'm going to help you with that.
- I was so mad when I saw the mess in the kitchen.
- You must be stark raving mad to risk your money like that!
- He is really mad about the way he was treated.
- Are you mad? That is the most dangerous thing I've ever heard.
- She will be mad if she finds out we lost the tickets.
- Anyone who believes his lies must be mad.
- My parents were mad because I stayed out too late.
- I would be mad to turn down such an amazing offer.
- There is no reason to be mad over a simple misunderstanding.
- Her colleagues began to suspect that she was quite mad.
- They have been mad at each other since the wedding.
- Sometimes it feels as though the entire world is mad.
- I would be mad too if I were in your position.
- He was mad for the final ten years of his life.
- Why are you mad at everyone today?