Daily life
in a mad rush
doing things very quickly because there is little time
If you are in a mad rush, you are trying to do things extremely quickly because you do not have enough time.
Hear it in real life
Why didn't you have breakfast?
I was in a mad rush to catch the bus.
I was in a mad rush this morning and left my phone at home.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I'm in a big rush to finish this before the meeting.
Say: I'm in a mad rush to finish this before the meeting.
“Mad rush” is the fixed collocation for an especially frantic rush; “big rush” does not express this usual phrase.
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How it fits in a sentence.
be in a mad rush; do something in a mad rush
Your turn: say it out loud
I was in a mad rush this morning and left my phone at home.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
in a mad rush
doing things very quickly because there is little time
“I was in a mad rush this morning and left my phone at home.”
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