15 hidden meanings of popular food phrases

Discover the hidden meanings of some of your favorite food phrases. 

11. "Go bananas!"

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Meaning: Go crazy!

This one makes a lot of sense. When zoologists fed monkeys bananas, the apes were deliriously excited for their tasty treat. This is also where we get the phrase, "to go ape.”

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