be mad for
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“I’ll be mad for the next 24 hours, and get back to work tomorrow.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2019
She accompanied them with hands that seemed to be mad for joy—hands that threatened every moment to snap the chords of the instrument.
From Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
"Then truly I must be mad, for do I not see the light of day? do I not hear the whistling of the wind? and can I not distinguish the wash of a great sea?"
From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
I believe the Fellow to be mad, for my part.
From The Monk; a romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis
"Then I must be mad; for don't I see the light of day, and don't I hear the wind blowing, and the sea breaking on the shore?"
From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne
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