mad as a cut snake
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mad as a cut snake — (AU) One who is mad as a cut snake has lost all sense of reason, is crazy, out of control … The small dictionary of idiomes
mad as a cut snake — Crazy or angry. The two senses of the phrase derive from the fact that mad has two main senses crazy and angry . The crazy sense is illustrated by that bloke wearing a teapot on his head is as mad as a cut snake , and the angry sense is… … Australian idioms
Mad as a cut snake — very angry, very upset; crazy; furious … Dictionary of Australian slang
mad as a cut snake — Australian Slang very angry, very upset; crazy; furious … English dialects glossary
mad — /mæd / (say mad) adjective (madder, maddest) 1. disordered in intellect; insane. 2. Colloquial angry. 3. (of wind, etc.) furious in violence. 4. (of animals) a. abnormally furious: a mad bull. b. affected with rabies; rabid: a mad dog. 5. wildly… …
snake — /sneɪk / (say snayk) noun 1. a scaly, limbless, usually slender reptile, occurring in venomous and non venomous forms, widely distributed in numerous genera and species and constituting the order (or suborder) Serpentes. 2. a treacherous person;… …
Snake River — Geobox|River name = Snake River native name = other name = other name1 = image size = 290 image caption = Perrine Bridge spanning the Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho country = United States country country1 = state = Wyoming state1 =… … Wikipedia
snakey — adj Australian angry. The usage may derive from the old phrase as mad as a cut snake … Contemporary slang
List of Marvel Family enemies — Through his adventures, Fawcett Comics/DC Comics superhero Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family gained a host of enemies, including the following: Contents 1 Acrobat 2 Adolf Hitler 3 Amoeba Family … Wikipedia
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