Go blind VS get blind

I'll give it a "go".

To go blind is the correct expression if you are referring to the loss of eyesight.

"Get blind" is used in a slang expression which means "to get very drunk": e.g. "He got blind drunk at the party"

abbie

Now everybody knows: I don't drink, so I'm the last person to get blind.

There are a very few set expressions which use "go". The rest, which is almost all of them, use "get".

A few with "go" have to do with disabilities:

go blind, go deaf, go lame, go mute

Another group have to do specifically with losing control, particularly mentally:

go crazy, go mad, go nuts, go bonkers, go troppo, go bananas, go wild, go insane

Hello, CJ,
Do you know the origin of "go troppo"?

I believe it's Australian and refers to the tropics in some way. I guess you go crazy in the heat of the tropics? Don't know. This is just a guess!