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1 ( insane) [person] fou/folle ; ( enraged) [dog, bull] enragé ; to be mad with être fou de [grief, pain, joy] ; you must be mad! tu es (complètement) fou! ; to go mad ( insane) devenir fou/folle ; it's nationalism gone mad fig c'est du nationalisme poussé à l'extrême ; are you/is he mad? tu es/il est fou or malade? ; of course not, do you think I'm mad? mais non, tu me prends pour un fou? ;2 ( foolish) [idea, hope, feeling, scheme] insensé ; it is mad to do ou doing c'est fou or de la folie de faire ; he is/they are mad to do c'est de la folie de sa/leur part de faire ; you'd be mad to give up your job ce serait fou de démissionner ; I'm mad even to think of it je suis fou d'en avoir eu l'idée ; to go mad ○ ( spend money) faire des folies ;3 ( angry) [person] ( jamais épith) très en colère, furieux/-ieuse ; to be mad at ou with sb être très en colère contre qn ; to get mad at ou with sb se mettre en colère contre qn ; they are mad at us for coming back late ils sont furieux que nous soyons rentrés tard or parce que nous sommes rentrés tard ; to be mad about sth être en colère à cause de qch ; to be mad (that)… être furieux que… (+ subj) ; she'd be mad if she knew elle serait furieuse si elle l'apprenait ; to go mad ○ être fou de rage ; to make sb mad exaspérer qn ; it makes me mad to think of it! ça me rend furieux d'y penser! ; to drive sb mad rendre qn fou (de rage) ;4 ○ ( enthusiastic) mad about ou on fou de [person, hobby, sport, music] ; I'm not mad about the idea l'idée ne m'emballe ○ pas tellement ; he's not mad about the teacher/about fish il n'aime pas beaucoup le professeur/le poisson ; to be horse-/football-/movie-mad être un passionné or un mordu ○ des chevaux/de football/de cinéma ; she's money-mad! elle adore l'argent! ;5 ( frantic) [dash, panic, race, traffic] infernal ; to be mad for être fou de [film, popstar] ; réclamer [food, blood, goods] ; to be in a mad rush être très pressé ; it was a mad scramble to finish on time ça a été la panique ○ pour finir en temps voulu ; we made a mad dash for the bus on a couru comme des fous pour attraper le bus.to work/laugh/run like mad travailler/rire/courir comme un fou/une folle.
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