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go mad
vs
have steam coming out of one's ears
go mad
verb
To reach an excessive or ridiculous level.
To become insane.
To do something extravagant.
have steam coming out of one's ears
How often have the words
go mad
and
have steam coming out of one's ears
occurred in a corpus of books?
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