To go bananas

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🗓️ 16 July 2012

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Li thinks Neil is a bit out of control and says he's gone bananas. Has this got anything to do with fruit?

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
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0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English We Speak. We Speak.
0:14.0	Hi and welcome to another edition of The English We Speak.
0:20.0	Today I'm joined by Neil, who seems to be a bit agitated.
0:24.1	Sorry Lee I'm really really excited.
0:28.3	Actually I haven't even got a script for the program.
0:31.2	I don't need a script. I don't need anything. I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams.
0:38.0	Oh that's nice. How come you got rich all of a sudden?
0:42.3	Mercedes-Benz, a Porsche, and then a boat, maybe a yacht, a big one.
0:49.0	Neil, what happened? You are going bananas?
0:53.0	Bananas? No cheap old fruit for me anymore.
0:57.0	Caviar? Champagne? Lobster it?
1:01.0	I'm not offering you bananas. You're not listening. I'm saying that you have gung bananas.
1:08.0	Sorry Lee, I'm very excited because I won the lottery. You know this week they've got this big jackpot to offer and I got all the numbers around.
1:21.0	Oh good on you!
1:23.0	To go bananas has nothing to do with food, as you know.
1:28.0	It's an expression in English we use when we're so excited we act almost out of control.
1:34.8	It is a very odd expression.
1:36.8	We better let people know how it is used.
1:39.7	Good idea.
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