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mad as a march hare

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  1. mad as a March hareadjective

    Crazy, demented.

  2. Etymology: * Possibly from the boisterous behaviour of hares in their breeding season.

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  1. Mad as a March hare

    To be as "mad as a March hare" is an English idiomatic phrase derived from the observed antics, said to occur only in the March breeding season of the Hare, genus Lepus. The phrase is an allusion that can be used to refer to any other animal or human who behaves in the excitable and unpredictable manner of a "March hare".

Etymology and Origins

  1. Mad as a March Hare

    Being their rutting season, hares are very wild in March.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mad as a march hare in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mad as a march hare in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of mad as a march hare in a Sentence

  1. Miguel de Cervantes:

    He is as mad as a March hare.

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