mad as a hornet
Example Sentences
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Just tell Mrs. Newlywed that you weren’t feeling well, which is true-ish: You were as mad as a hornet — and may have put someone’s eye out with an angry toss of the rice.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2010
Pazuzu gets mad as a hornet � or rather as a locust, the guise in which he usually appears.
From Time Magazine Archive
Right in the midst of their lark who should appear but old Donkin himself, mad as a hornet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gibbon said, “He lost half his strength. Most of them got taken prisoner. He’s mad as a hornet, lookin’ for somebody to blame it on.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
I was just mad as a hornet because I knew what was wrong with the car and they wouldn’t let me do anything about it.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
