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单词 mad as a wet hen
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(as) mad (also angry) as a wet hen
b. Used in similes and comparisons as a type of someone who is angry, outraged, or agitated. Esp. in (as) mad (also angry) as a wet hen: very angry.
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1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. iv. 8 As wanton as a wet Hen.
1823 J. Doddridge Logan 42 Every body that was not ax'd was mad as a wet hen.
1907 Amer. Mag. Feb. 339/1 He just looked at me and then flounced out, mad as a wet hen.
1969 Black Belt Dec. 38/1 Bloody and angry as a wet hen, Dickinson threw a fast roundhouse kick.
2018 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 3 Apr. It is dark, it is dank, it is cold, nothing spring like now or in the future. I am angry, fussy, as mad as a wet hen.
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