Preposition: as

• hell: The directors get mad as hell but I always try to have fun.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• drive: It's enough to drive an older brother mad.

Modifies a noun

• dash: The last games finish just in time to allow a mad dash to get changed in time for the Gala Dinner.

• rush: Into this category come Mad Rush with their debut CD.

• scramble: Well, you could have fooled me or didn't you notice the mad scramble of the last few days?

• cow: You have 60 seconds to find 30 mad cows.

• hatter: The range of games and simulators available in the " Mad Hatters " video games room will thrill children of all ages.

• scientist: It has the standard issue spark ladder beloved by all mad scientists.

Modifying Another Word

• raving: Many of them said, " He is demon-possessed and raving mad.

• slightly: Spike's in a church and speaking like he was when he was in the basement of the school, very slightly mad.

• completely: John Bloom ( film editor ): Karel could drive you completely mad.

• utterly: And if this turns out to be Completely and utterly mad, Quite frankly, I couldn't give a toss.

• totally: David - " Totally mad choice, good effort " Dogsby - " She's not a great singer.

Infinitive complement

• miss: A fantastic line up - you'd be mad to miss out!

Used with adjective complement

• bark: One of them said simply: " She is barking mad now, of course.

• go: The world's gone mad, I tell you!

• drive: The result was a tale of a man slowly driven mad by the life he had chosen to lead.

• get: Don't get mad at somebody who knows more than you do.

• seem: She seemed mad with me. don't know why.

Preposition: with

• joy: They were half mad with joy, poor beggars.