all over the place like a mad woman's custard

phrase

Moving about randomly.

Meanings

phrase
  1. colloquialsimileMoving about randomly.

    I was all over the place like a mad woman's custard.

    2012, Jim Mcloughlin, David Gibb, One Common Enemy: The Laconia Incident: A Survivor's Memoir, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    In the end he was blood from head to hocks and all over the place like a mad woman's custard.

    1959, D'Arcy Niland, Woman from the country, page 212

    The story, though, is all over the place, like mad woman’s custard.

    2010 January 27, Roger Perkins, “The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman: review”, in The Telegraph
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APA

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MLA

“all over the place like a mad woman's custard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20over%20the%20place%20like%20a%20mad%20woman's%20custard. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all over the place like a mad woman's custard,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20over%20the%20place%20like%20a%20mad%20woman's%20custard.

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