Mad as a March hare
Meaning :
Someone who is excitable and unpredictable.
Example :
Ashley became as mad as a March hare, singing and dancing in the office, because she was informed that she had won tickets to meet her favourite popstar.
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- A blessing in disguise.
- A chip on your shoulder.
- A dime a dozen
- A doubting Thomas
- A firm hand
- A heavy heart
- A house divided against itself cannot stand.
- A knuckle sandwich
- A lemon
- A little bird told me
- A little learning is a dangerous thing
- A lost ball in the high weeds
- A necessary evil
- A penny saved is a penny earned
- A poker face
- A rule of thumb
- A skeleton in your cupboard/closet
- A steal
- A stone’s throw
- A taste of your own medicine
- A wolf in sheep’s clothing
- Achilles heel
- Acting the goat
- Add fuel to the fire.
- Against all odds
- Air one’s dirty linen in public
- All bark and no bite
- All ears
- All talk (and no action)
- All the rage
- All’s fair in love and war
- An arm and a leg
- An egghead
- An old flame
- Apple pie order
- As warm as toast
- At a crossroad
- At a drop of a dime
- At death’s door
- At loggerheads
- At the eleventh hour
- Back to the drawing board
- Back to the salt mines
- Backed into a corner.
- Backseat driver
- Bad hair day
- Bag of bones
- Be all ears
- Be on (or come from) another planet
- Bet one’s bottom dollar
- Beyond a shadow of a doubt
- Bite off more than you can chew
- Bite the dust
- Bite the hand that feeds one
- Blabbermouth
- Blow one’s top
- Blow your own horn/trumpet
- Bring the house down
- Build castles in the air
- Bull in a china shop
- Burn the candle at both ends
- Burst at the seams
- Busy as a beaver
- Buy a lemon
- Can of worms
- Can’t cut the mustard
- Can’t see eye to eye
- Cash cow
- Cast-iron stomach
- Cat got your tongue
- Chance of a lifetime
- Change horses in midstream
- Charley horse
- Chickens come home to roost.
- Cool as a cucumber
- Cry over spilled milk
- Curiosity killed the cat
- Dark horse
- Dead ringer
- Deep pockets
- Do (something) in a heartbeat
- Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
- Don’t beat yourself up over
- Don’t burn your bridges
- Don’t count your chickens until they’re hatched
- Donkey’s years
- Donkey’s years
- Drag one’s feet
- Dry run
- Eager beaver
- Early bird catches the worm
- Eat humble pie
- Eat one’s heart out
- Egg (someone) on
- Eighty-six
- Elbow grease
- Eyes are bigger than one’s stomach
- Fair-weather friend
- Fall from grace.
- False alarm
- Familiarity breeds contempt
- Feather in one’s cap
- Feeding frenzy
- Field day
- Flog a dead horse
- Food for thought
- For a song
- Full of beans
- Full of yourself
- Get along on a shoestring
- Get out of the wrong side of the bed
- Get your goat
- Get your wires crossed
- Girl Friday
- Go the full distance
- Go with the flow
- Go/turn beet-red
- Got a bee in your bonnet
- Grass widow
- Gravy train
- Greenhorn
- Grin from ear to ear
- Hale and hearty
- Half a loaf is better than none
- Hard nut to crack
- Haste makes waste
- Have (something) down pat
- Have a long face
- Have a pick-me-up
- Have bigger fish to fry
- Have one’s finger in too many pies
- Have rocks in one’s head
- Hit the hay
- Hit the nail on the head
- Hold a candle to (someone or something)
- Hold one’s horses
- Hopping mad
- Hot potato
- Idle hands are the devil’s tools
- Ignorance is bliss
- In a heartbeat
- In a pickle
- In the bag
- In the pink
- In your face
- It takes two to tango
- Ivory tower
- Last straw
- Lead a dog’s life
- Like two peas in a pod
- Look like the cat that swallowed the canary
- Loose cannon
- Mad as a March hare
- Make (someone) eat crow
- Make a mountain out of a molehill
- Make mincemeat of
- Meal ticket
- Neither fish nor fowl
- No news is good news
- No spring chicken
- Not for all the tea in China
- Not for love or money
- Not playing with a full deck
- Not suffer fools gladly
- Off form
- Off the top of your head
- Old flames die hard
- Olive branch
- On a fishing expedition
- On a shoestring
- On a silver platter
- On my back
- Packed like sardines
- Pad the bill
- Pain in the neck
- Pandora’s box
- Pass the buck
- Peanut gallery
- Pedal to the metal
- Pen is mightier than the sword
- Penny pincher
- Penny wise, pound foolish
- Pet peeve
- Pick someone’s brain
- Pick up the tab
- Pie in the sky
- Powder your nose
- Put your foot in your mouth
- Putting your best foot forward
- Rack your brain
- Rain check
- Real McCoy
- Recharge your batteries
- Red-letter day
- Rest is gravy
- Rest on your laurels
- Ride high
- Run like clockwork
- Run out of steam
- Salt of the earth
- Saved by the bell
- Saving grace
- Scare the daylights out of someone
- Scot free
- Scraping the barrel
- Screw loose
- Screwed if you do, screwed if you don’t
- Second wind
- See the light
- Sitting on the fence
- Sitting pretty
- Skid row
- Smell a rat
- Someone’s name is mud
- Southpaw
- Sow the seeds
- Speak too soon
- Start from scratch
- Stick your head in the sand
- Still wet behind the ears
- Tables are turned
- Tail between one’s legs
- Take a raincheck
- Take something lying down
- Take the mickey out of someone
- Talking to a brick wall
- Teething problems
- That’s flat
- The bigger they are, the harder they fall
- The bottom line
- The icing on the cake
- The salt of the earth
- The whole nine yards
- Third time’s a charm
- Till the cows come home
- Tip of the iceberg
- To steal someone’s thunder
- Tongue-in-cheek
- Truer words were never spoken
- Turn a blind eye
- Turn on the waterworks
- Turn over a new leaf
- Turn tail
- Twiddle your thumbs
- Two peas in a pod
- Uncharted waters
- Under the table
- Under the weather
- Up a blind alley
- Up for grabs
- Up to your eyes
- Upper hand
- Use your loaf
- Wake up and smell the coffee
- Walk on eggshells
- Walking on air
- Waste not, want not
- Water under the bridge
- Wear your heart on your sleeves
- Well-heeled
- Were you born in a barn?
- When pigs fly
- Wild and woolly
- Wolf in sheep’s clothing
