Going bananas

[nq:1]Does anyone know (or can anyone suggest) a plausible history for this phrase ... meaning: "getting into a state of high excitement"[/nq]
Women in the habit of using bananas as didoes often find themselves in a state of high excitement while in the practice. That is the origin of the phrase, yes siree.
[nq:1]or "getting extremely angry".[/nq]
You need to be careful not to use an

[nq:1]Does anyone know (or can anyone suggest) a plausible history for this phrase ... meaning: "getting into a state of high excitement" or "getting extremely angry".[/nq]
The Web was no help. I'd guess it's a derivative of "going ape," which means much the same thing. Think of a monkey dashing around in its environment at full speed.

Bob Lieblich
Free-associating

[nq:2]Does anyone know (or can anyone suggest) a plausible history for this phrase ... meaning: "getting into a state of high excitement"[/nq]
[nq:1]Women in the habit of using bananas as didoes often find themselves in a state of high excitement while in the practice. That is the origin of the phrase, yes sire[/nq]
What's are "didoes?"
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[nq:2]Women in the habit of using bananas as didoes often ... practice. That is the origin of the phrase, yes sire[/nq]
[nq:1]What's are "didoes?"

[nq:2]Women in the habit of using bananas as didoes often ... practice. That is the origin of the phrase, yes sire[/nq]
[nq:1]What's are "didoes?"

[nq:2]What's are "didoes?" [/nq]
[nq:1]Dildoes without the phallic l (Hi, Maria!): my bad.[/nq]
What it is about the "phalli

[nq:2]Dildoes without the phallic l (Hi, Maria!): my bad.[/nq]
[nq:1]What it is about the "phallic l" that brings me to mind? Be careful what you say if you answer ... yours not functioning properly(mentioned in another thread), are we to presume that said body part's cooperation, kitchen-sink-wise, is the problem?[/nq]
The kitchen sink in his new place may be a few inches higher than the

[nq:2]Oh, and as for a certain body part of yours ... presume that said body part's cooperation, kitchen-sink-wise, is the problem?[/nq]
[nq:1]The kitchen sink in his new place may be a few inches higher than the old place's sink. At his age, it takes longer to bleed the lizard and he may get tired of standing on his tip-toes.[/nq]
Cooperation of the first water.

Paul
In bocca

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[nq:1]At his age, it takes longer to bleed the lizard and he may get tired of standing on his tip-toes.[/nq]
Incidentally, in my dialect that's "... on his tippy-toes", at least in informal usage.

[nq:2]Women in the habit of using bananas as didoes often ... practice. That is the origin of the phrase, yes sire[/nq]
[nq:1]What's are "didoes?"