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

I don't know any sorer trial than to be mad for speed and have to crawl at a snail's pace.

From Greenmantle by Buchan, John

—Can one of your correspondents mention the name, and any other particulars, of the man who anticipated Herschel relative to the sun's motion; and was declared to be mad for entertaining such opinions?

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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 Collins, Wilkie

I believe the Fellow to be mad, for my part.

From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)