mad as a wet hen
(US, colloquial, simile) Very angry; furious.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(US, colloquial, simile) Very angry; furious.
My stars! He was mad; mad as a wet hen. He was so mad he looked, as big as he was, to be actually swelled.
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