bananas

ba·nan·as  (b-nnz)

adj. Slang

Crazy: "That's the horrible thing when you're bananasnobody can know the awful things that are going on in your head" (Otto Friedrich). "City dwellers . . . are subjected to so much noise it drives them bananas" (New Yorker).

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[From banana, worthless or crazy person, from banana.]

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bananas [bəˈnɑːnəz]

adj

Slang crazy (esp in the phrase go bananas)

Translations

bananas [bəˈnɑːnəz] ADJ → chalado
to go bananas → perder la chaveta (over por)

bananas [bəˈnɑːnəz] adj (= crazy) → dingue >
to go bananas (= become angry) → piquer une crise >
banana skin n (British)

(lit) → peau f de banane

(fig) → peau f de banane
banana split n → banana split m inv

bananas

adj pred (inf: = crazy) → bekloppt (inf), → bescheuert (inf), → beknackt (sl); this is driving me bananas → das macht mich verrückt or ganz krank (inf); he’s bananas about her → er steht voll auf sie (sl); the whole place went bananas → der ganze Saal drehte durch (inf)