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1. (умопобъркан) mad, insane, lunatic, demented, crazy, brainsick, out of o.’s senses, sl. nuts, certifiable, crackers, loony, luny; всеки си е башка ~ every man has his foible; ~ за връзване stark/raving/staring mad, as mad as a March hare/as a hatter; certifiably mad; fit to be tied; ~ за лудница/освидетелстване certifiable; не е луд този, който изяжда зелника, а този, който му го дава the fool asks much, but he is more fool who grants it; правя се на ~ play/act the fool; съвсем ~ clean mad;
2. (смахнат) mad, crazy, loony, daft, nuts, out of o.’s wits; sl. dotty, balmy, barmy, cracked, bonkers, gaga; да не си ~? have you gone off your head? have you taken leave of your senses? да не съм ~ да му вярвам I am not such a fool as to believe him; ~ съм be around the bend; sl. have bats in one’s belfry; ~а работа mad enterprise; струва ~и пари it costs/is worth a mint of money; тичам като ~ run like mad/fury, разг. run like anything/like blazes/like hell/like the (very) devil; харча ~и пари spend money like water, spend pots of money, waste money;
3. (буен, необуздан) mad, wild, frantic, berserk; (за бързина) mad, breakneck; (за дете) romping, rompy; (за смях) wild, rollicking; uncontrolled; избухва в ~ смях burst into uncontrolled laughter, rollick with laughter; ~ възторг wild enthusiasm; ~ е по нея he is crazy/crazed/wild/sl. nuts about her; ~ е по футбола he has a craze for football, he is mad on football, he is a football fan; ~ от радост/гняв mad/wild with joy/rage; ~а глава hot head, hotspur; madcap, daredevil; gay young spark; firebrand; ~о биле бот. deadly nightshade, belladonna.