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mad as cut snakes

mad as cut snakes is the alternative form of mad as a cut snake.

Meaning of mad as a cut snake

Adjective

mad as a cut snake (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, colloquial, simile) Very irate, crazy with rage.
    • I′m feeling slightly less furious than I was earlier, but I′m still about as mad as a cut snake.2005, Melody Carlson, Fool's Gold: Color Me Consumed, unnumbered page
  2. (Australia, colloquial, simile) Crazy; eccentric.
    • “Trackless,” Sean muttered, “there′s a man over there planting a chopstick.″
      “Him? That′s Lurker. Mad as a cut snake.”1986, Mike Shanley, Strela, unnumbered page

Questions about mad as cut snakes

What is mad as cut snakes the alternative form of?
Mad as cut snakes is the alternative form of mad as a cut snake.

Words near mad as cut snakes in the dictionary

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  5. mad as a wet hen
  6. mad as cut snakes
  7. mad as hops
  8. mad cap
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  10. mad cow
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