Question of the Day #939

Conservatives Hopping Mad Over Feminine Products in Boys' School Bathrooms

From the headline of this article at Newsweek.

  上記の文で、hopping madの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "hopping mad" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

《be ～》ひどく［カンカンに］怒っている、激怒している

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

extremely angry

 

Examples

• The family's hopping mad that she left them nothing.
• He was hopping mad when his daughter dropped out of college.
•  I was hopping mad when they left my name off the list. 
• No wonder, then, that several institutions are hopping mad.
• Bunker had received the message from a convener at one of the Midlands plants, who was also hopping mad.

   

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