go bananas
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Get upset and lose control.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Said he said and the bloke got gone bananas he said, he
Well no because they just go bananas if you do.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).
Common questions
What does “go bananas” mean?
Get upset and lose control.
Is “go bananas” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.