goes bananas
Completely flips out
Goes bananas means to become wildly excited, enthusiastic, or agitated—losing composure in a way that suggests frenzied, ape-like behavior.
The phrase works for positive excitement The crowd went bananas when she walked onstage or for angry outbursts My dad went bananas when he saw the dent in his car.
- flips outLoses control emotionally
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- freaks outReacts with extreme alarm
- loses itSuddenly becomes enraged
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
loses their mind · hysteria · off the rails · cheering · shouting · rage · throws a fit · berserk · loses control · out of control · frustration · joy · over the moon · exhilaration · jumping · euphoria · dancing · laughing
- losing itloses it, snaps, freaks out, flips out, cracks up