有幾種不同的說法，例如以下：
go / get crazy
go /get mad (這個也有生氣的意思)
go nuts
off one’s rocker
throw a tantrum 這個除了形容一般的抓狂，還可以形容小孩子鬧脾氣，例如躺在地上哭那類的無理取鬧
go berserk 有暴力傾向的抓狂，例如打店員打警察那種抓狂
People get crazy because of various reasons. Some might have no reasons at all. Who knows? When I have the urge to go nuts, usually it is due to accumulated pressure, like when I took care of a terminally sick cat for days and days. When I was in such a mood, if someone did something to irritate me, like did not mute their phone on the bus, I always imaged going berserk, not just going nuts. I would imagine that I stood up, yelled at that person who did not mute his or her phone. I would wave my fists at that person, shouting something like, didn’t you know it was basic etiquette to mute your phone on public transportation? But as I’m a civilized person, the picture of me went berserk has so far remained a picture.
抓狂的原因多不勝數，有些人可能根本完全沒有原因。當我有抓狂的衝動時，通常是因為累積的壓力，例如照顧病重的貓很多很多天。當我處在這種心情時，如果有人惹到我，例如搭公車手機不關靜音，我都會想像自己暴力性的抓狂，而不是只有抓狂而已。我想像自己站起來，對著手機沒有靜音的人大叫。想像自己揮舞著拳頭，大吼著說：你不知道搭公車手機轉靜音是基本禮貌嗎？但是，身為一個文明人，抓狂的我目前依然只是一個想像的畫面而已。
So, one day when I saw a person went berserk in a convenience store, my first reaction was laughing out loud, because it was exactly what I had imagined so many times. The only difference was I was wearing my clothes. As I am a civilized person and female, I certainly could not go berserk without my clothes on. I envy that guy though the cop beat the shit out of him when he was already calmed down.
所以，有一天我看到一個人在便利商店抓狂時，我的第一個反應是大笑，因為那完全就是我自己想抓狂的樣子啊！唯一的不同點是我有穿衣服。身為一個文明人，而且是女姓，我抓狂的時候當然不能沒有穿衣服。我羨慕那個抓狂的傢伙，雖然他已經冷靜下來還被條子海扁。
照片是謝大隻
這篇文章無關貓生食，是我為我的帕比樂英文小公寓寫的。
我經營的帕樂英文小公寓是小班制英文教學，上課讀沒什麼用的英文小說和有一點用的英文會話，教室在台北市重慶北路二段附近，對課程有興趣的人請留言，有專貓服務。
本文作者謝凱特，譯有「你的貓」一書。東吳大學英文系畢業。２００８年開始經營帕比樂英文小公寓至今。
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