The amazing life and chronicles of Christian BS.
Well that is slightly overstating it I think. My life is neither amazing nor chronicle-worthy. All this is, is the blog or rather blog-shaped blackboard of my mind. I cast (in case it may have escaped your notice) a very harsh eye on both everyone and everything around me, which gives me the right to have a good old rant which you shall no doubt find here.
Feb 25, 2009
11:38pm
On the Origins of Locutions: Mad as a March Hare
Mad as a March Hare
This is an expression used to refer to someone’s peculiar behaviour. It is believed to have originated from Desiderius Erasmus’ “Mad as a Marsh Hare”.
In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll gave the phrase its popularity with the current spelling of “March Hare”, as the Cheshire Cat famously described Alice and the Hatter.
This turn of phrase does not bear any link to truth; hares are no more peculiar than usual during the month of March, or any other month of the year for that matter; the chasing and boxing of the females by the males is nothing out of the ordinary.
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