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[mackerel] See: HOLY CATS or HOLY MACKEREL.

[mad about] {adj. phr.}

1. Angry about.

/What is Harriet so mad about?/

2. Enthusiastic about.

/Dan is mad about pop music./

[mad as a hatter] or [mad as a March hare] {adj. phr.}

Not able to think right; crazy.

/Anyone who thinks the moon is made of green cheese is mad as a hatter./

[mad as a hornet] or [mad as hops] or [mad as a wet hen] {adj. phr.}, {informal}

In a fighting mood; very angry.

/When my father sees the dent in his fender, he'll be mad as a hornet./

/Bill was mad as hops when the fellows went on without him./

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[mad as a March hare]

See: MAD AS A HATTER.

[mad as hops] See: MAD AS A HORNET.

[made of money] {adj. phr.}

Very rich; wealthy.

/Mr. Jones buys his children everything they want. He must be made of money./

Compare: MONEY TO BURN.

[made-to-measure] or [tailor-made] {adj.}

Made to fit a special set of measurements or needs.

/John has a new made-to-measure suit./

/The club is tailor-made for Jane./

Syn.: MADE TO ORDER.

[made to order] {adj. phr.}

1. Made specially in the way the buyer wants instead of all the same in large amounts; made especially for the buyer.

/Mr. Black's clothes were all made to order./

Compare: MADE-TO-MEASURE.

2. Just right.

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[made up out of whole cloth] See: OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH.