hopping mad

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Extremelyangry;furiousto the point ofoutburst.He washopping madwhen he came home and discovered that she had bought a new car without consulting him.1871,Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 4, inLittle Men:[…], Boston, Mass.:Roberts Brothers,→OCLC:"And you hit him? dear old Father Bhaer?"[…]"I washopping madat the time, and thought I shouldn't mind a bit, rather like it perhaps. But when I'd hit uncle one good crack[…]I couldn't go on.[…]I felt so mean."1909September,L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Marilla Adopts Twins”, inAnne of Avonlea, Boston, Mass.:L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company,→OCLC,page84:Dora wouldn't help me make pies 'cause she was afraid of messing her clo'es and that made mehopping mad.1941September 15, “The Press: End of a White House Friendship”, inTime, retrieved5 December 2018:The biggest press news in Washington last week was that the "White House gang" — the little group of reporters whose beat is covering the President — washopping madat Franklin Roosevelt. Most of them felt that the President had played them for suckers and they were no happier when other newsmen rubbed it in.2004November 2,Joe Sharkey, “When a Pat-Down Seems Like Groping”, inNew York Times, retrieved5 December 2018:Rhonda L. Gaynier, a New York lawyer, ishopping madbecause, she says, getting on an airplane these days means being groped by a stranger.

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