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mad as a meat axe

mad as a meat axe adjective: very irate; crazy with rage.

Adjective

mad as a meat axe (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, colloquial, simile) Very irate; crazy with rage.

Questions about mad as a meat axe

What does mad as a meat axe mean?
Mad as a meat axe means very irate; crazy with rage.
What part of speech is mad as a meat axe?
Mad as a meat axe is an adjective.

Words near mad as a meat axe in the dictionary

  1. mad as a cut snake
  2. mad as a fish
  3. mad as a hatter
  4. mad as a hornet
  5. mad as a March hare
  6. mad as a meat axe
  7. mad as a mongoose
  8. mad as a wet hen
  9. mad as cut snakes
  10. mad as hops
  11. mad cap

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