Barking mad In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Barking mad", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Eudora Thao calendar 2021-02-02 11:02

Meaning of Barking mad

Synonyms:

crazy in the head , go off one's chump/head/rocker, to , plumb crazy

Barking mad British adjective phrase informal

Wild and unpredictable; completely demented, utterly irrational

If you think that plan will work, you're barking mad.

Are you playing tennis this time around? You're mad barking!

Origin of Barking mad

There are a few tales connecting 'barking mad' with the Barking suburb of East London. One is that the phrase owes its origin to a medieval asylum that was part of Barking Abbey for the insane. The second story isn't a suggested origin, at the expense of Margaret Thatcher, just a neat 1980s joke.

 

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