What does mad as a fish mean?

mad as a fish

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

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"Voluble, almost incomprehensible, mad as a fish and perpetually drunk."
"The only one I'm scared of is that Eliza Cooper. Mad as a fish that one."
"I've got a station chief who's as mad as a fish, an incomplete briefing, and a gambling-obsessed billionaire to out-bluff."
"Sean, the older brother, was as mad as a fish, but he was also the one with the brains and together they were a very entrepreneurial family."

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