"mad as a fish" meaning in All languages combined

See mad as a fish on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-mad as a fish.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mad as a fish (not comparable)
  1. (slang) Demented, crazy. Tags: not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-mad_as_a_fish-en-adj-MhiX8wiW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2006, Damon Hammond, Totally Steaming: A Year on HMS Fearless, page 202:",
          "text": "Voluble, almost incomprehensible, mad as a fish and perpetually drunk.",
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          "ref": "2006, Lou Bellamy, Haunting the Dead, page 38:",
          "text": "The only one I'm scared of is that Eliza Cooper. Mad as a fish that one.",
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          "ref": "2007, Charles Stross, The Jennifer Morgue:",
          "text": "I've got a station chief who's as mad as a fish, an incomplete briefing, and a gambling-obsessed billionaire to out-bluff.",
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          "ref": "2008, Andy Taylor, Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran:",
          "text": "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.",
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