| 词汇 | mad as a march hare |
| 词源 | mad as a march hare. Erasmus used the expression mad as a marsh hare, claiming that “hares are wilder in the marshes from the absence of hedges and cover.” But Chaucer had the phrase mad as a hare before him, and march hare seems to have preceded marsh hare in use. Buck hares are wild frolick- ers in March, their breeding season, which has made them a synonym for lunacy for centuries. Lewis Carroll gave the ex- pression new life with his creation of the March Hare in Alice in Wonderland. |
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