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Nov 4, 2005 · Nov 4, 2005. #4. You can say: I'm mad about you = I really like you. I'm mad about/on football = I'm a football fan. I don't think you can say I'm mad about an event etc it always has to be used with nouns otherwise it infers anger. I'm mad with/at can be used as you've described. Personally, if I were mad (angry), I would say I'm mad because ...
Dec 4, 2012 · Get mad means to become angry. Go mad means to become crazy. (idiomatic) Get cold means to become cold. Go cold sounds odd. There are very few instances that it would be used in conjunction with other words surrounding it. --->"The dogs have lost the scent. I fear the trail has gone cold. Get hungry means to become hungry.
Jul 27, 2008 · Jul 27, 2008. #7. Sedulia said: "Mad about" is used commonly in British English to mean "really like" ("I'm mad about you") but in American English we use it to mean "angry about" ("I'm mad about it.") The two usages don't conflict much because it's obvious from the context anyway.
Jun 9, 2008 · Mad dogs and Englishmen. An expression from India, at the time an English colony. The Indians themselves would find shade and rest at midday, the hottest time of the day. The English of course because of tradition would go walking. Hence the expression from the Indians, Only, " mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun ". Hope this helps.
Jan 7, 2019 · Jan 7, 2019. #2. "Petty" has its usual meaning in this context of "of a narrow-minded, mean, or small-natured disposition or character" ( petty - WordReference.com Dictionary of English ). It could mean stingy (although I usually encounter it in Britain as being narrow-minded and/or preoccupied with unimportant things), but not greedy.
Jul 12, 2016 · Jul 12, 2016. #1. Hello. Does "I got mad love for you" mean "I really like you" (but not romantically love you)? Thank you. “Eminem used to be my homie. I haven’t talked to him since he turned on me. I don’t know what happened by I still love him, I love his town, I like him as a person. I got mad love for him.” (facebook.com)
Jul 30, 2013 · wales English. Jul 30, 2013. #5. Madder would be more usual. Single syllable adjectives (but not good or bad) usually take " er " for the comparative form. (cold, colder) Adjectives with two or more syllables usually take the " more" form, except bisyllables ending in " y ". e.g. pretty, ugly, heavy (prettier, uglier, heavier).
Feb 27, 2021 · English - US. Feb 27, 2021. #2. Pretty interchangeable. Ticked is more intense than mad. Pissed is more intense than ticked. I personally rarely hear 'ticked' being used nowadays. I'm not sure what you mean by "pissed" can be perfectly used but some people might take offense to it being used as it's mildly vulgar.
Jun 11, 2011 · Like "crazy" and "wicked", "mad" describes an extreme condition in itself, so it doesn't seem unnatural for it to be used as an intensifier for the same purpose: "Furiously, with excessive violence or enthusiasm; to the point of madness. Now usually in weakened sense, as an intensifier: greatly, excessively, extremely, very."
Jun 25, 2012 · Jun 24, 2012. #2. I don't think of "upset" being followed by "at someone". I can be upset with someone or mad at someone or upset at some thing, such as the current state of health care in the U.S. As for upset compared to mad, if I am mad at them I am definitely angry. If I am upset with them I might be disappointed, not speaking to them ...
