2006-08-14 07:38:48 · 16 answers · asked by dave s 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
mad as a hatter is a reference to the chemicals used in hat making in the 1800s. It made people go crazy.
Ask on here. People will know.
2006-08-14 07:42:55 · answer #1 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't know a website but try what the others suggest, i *do* know about 'mad as a hatter...
In the days when hats were an everyday commodity, the hatters used to line the hats with lead which gave them lots of exposure to the poison, hence, lead poisoning, which quite literally made them quite mad. take care, wisdom
2006-08-14 11:07:21 · answer #2 · answered by Wisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mad as a hatter is a simile, I'd go to google and type in simile examples or origins or use Wikipedia
2006-08-14 07:47:34 · answer #3 · answered by eggy74uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know of a website that explains those things, but there is a great book by Albert Jack called "White Elephants and Red Herrings" that explains a lot of the ones we're used to hearing.
2006-08-14 07:44:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just found a site - English Idioms. I used it today to obtain the meaning of the phrase "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".
Try it for size.
Otherwise, there's always Wikipedia ...
2006-08-14 07:45:03 · answer #5 · answered by fiat_knox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know a website, you could read up from The Penguin dictionary of English idioms, it's full of them!!
2006-08-14 10:21:12 · answer #6 · answered by pottydotty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hatters used to use some chemicals when they made hats that fried their brains.
2006-08-14 07:43:26 · answer #7 · answered by WendyD1999 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try books of Cliches buy it WH smith
2006-08-15 02:15:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...besides here....
but there is a really good book for those things, its called students companion
it has the weirdest stuff about the english language
2006-08-17 02:49:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best source for this (Although I'm not sure if its on the web) is BREWERS DICTIONARY OF PHRASE & FABLES.
2006-08-15 01:27:44 · answer #10 · answered by David 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋