go bananas

Speech parts

1. go bananas - Verb

2. go bananas - Phrase

Meaning

(idiomatic, informal) To get angry; to go mad.
I just told her she couldn’t have any pudding until after dinner, and she went bananas!

(idiomatic, informal) To become silly or excited; to go crazy.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

lose it see red blow a fuse hit the roof fly off the handle freak out have a fit hit the ceiling go ape go wild go nuts go apeshit go bonkers

Antonyms

chill out relax chill settle down unwind take it easy
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Examples

There are still some terrible cliches in the presentation of Indian fiction. The lotus flower. The hennaed hands. In mainland Europe, people still slap these images on my books and I go bananas. Hari Kunzru

From his first climb up the ladder to the chilly Tropical Freeze, we go bananas for Nintendo’s lovable gorilla. Source: Internet

These same creators likewise go bananas when they cannot retrieve the works of their peers because of inadequate descriptions / metadata. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

go bananas

Close letter words and terms

go bail go bald go ballistic go bang go bankrupt go barefoot