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Meaning of mad as a fish | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Demented, crazy.

not-comparable, slang

Examples

Voluble, almost incomprehensible, mad as a fish and perpetually drunk.”
The only one I'm scared of is that Eliza Cooper. Mad as a fish that one.”
I've got a station chief who's as mad as a fish, an incomplete briefing, and a gambling-obsessed billionaire to out-bluff.”
Sean, the older brother, was as mad as a fish, but he was also the one with the brains and together they were a very entrepreneurial family.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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