stark raving mad

English

Adjective

stark raving mad (not comparable)

1. (informal) Completely insane
   • 1931, R. B. Mowat, Great Britain and Germany in the Early Twentieth Century, in The English Historical Review, Vol. 46, No. 183

     The British ambassador reported: ‘The day before yesterday, Berlin went stark raving mad. There was a fall of six points in German securities on the Bourse and a genuine impression that war was about to break out between England and Germany.

Translations

completely insane

• Russian: безумный (ru) (bezumnyj)
• Spanish: loco de remate
• Swedish: spritt språngande galen

See also

• hopping mad
• stark staring mad