mad as a March hare
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In the Courier-Journal Colonel Watterson said flatly that Theodore was "as mad as a March hare," suggested that his family ought to lock him up before he did more harm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Father," returned Mathurin, "he is as mad as a March hare at this time of year.
From Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field by Bazin, Ren?
He’s as mad as a March hare and he ought to be in school.”
From The Girl From His Town by Vorst, Marie Van
Nothing except Mrs. Luttrell's own delusion on the subject; nobody wanted it to be known that she was as mad as a March hare on the subject.
From Under False Pretences A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
Heywood seems to allude to a similar notion when he says: “As mad as a March hare: where madness compares, Are not midsummer hares as mad as March hares?”
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger
