go bananas
Act crazy, as in When it comes to animal rights, some people go bananas. According to the lexicographer J. E. Lighter, this expression may allude to the similar go ape, in that apes and other primates are closely associated with eating bananas. [Slang; second half of 1900s]
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How to use go bananas in a sentence
The Crossfit community is going to go bananas for this tech.
But the real function of a critic is to see what is truly good and go bananas when he sees it.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd if I'm right and this is what happens, the wingers are going to go bananas.
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