go mad

Examples (10)

• He went mad and spent the rest of his life locked up in a mental hospital.
• The world had gone completely mad.
• I went mad with joy and danced a little jig when I heard the news.
• If I have to stay in this room for another week, I shall certainly go mad.
• The poor man went mad after losing his entire family in the war.
• Do you think he's actually going mad, or is he just eccentric?
• She felt as if she were going mad from the constant, repetitive noise.
• It was whispered that the old sea captain had gone mad from years of isolation.
• Without any books or music to distract him, he feared he would go mad.
• He went stark raving mad and started shouting at people in the street.