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22 Jul 2019
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do you say "go bananas" to express get angry? what kind of people (age, gender, location, character...) would use this phrase? thank you.
do you say "go bananas" to express get angry? what kind of people (age, gender, location, character...) would use this phrase? thank you.
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22 Jul 2019
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"To go bananas" is a very rare saying that means "losing one's mind." I've never heard it being used by the youth or even the middle-aged people. Gender doesn't matter in this saying and I think you're better off with saying "They lost their minds."
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