drive\ someone\ nuts

drive\ someone\ nuts
• drive someone bananas
• drive someone nuts
• drive someone ape
v. phr. slang informal
To excite someone to the point that he or she goes out of his or her mind; to drive someone crazy.

You're driving me bananas/nuts with that kind of talk!


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • drive\ someone\ ape — • drive someone bananas • drive someone nuts • drive someone ape v. phr. slang informal To excite someone to the point that he or she goes out of his or her mind; to drive someone crazy. You re driving me bananas/nuts with that kind of talk! …   Словарь американских идиом

  • drive\ someone\ bananas — • drive someone bananas • drive someone nuts • drive someone ape v. phr. slang informal To excite someone to the point that he or she goes out of his or her mind; to drive someone crazy. You re driving me bananas/nuts with that kind of talk! …   Словарь американских идиом

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  • drive someone bananas — or[drive someone nuts] or[drive someone ape] {v. phr.}, {slang} {informal} To excite someone to the point that he or she goes out of his or her mind; to drive someone crazy. * /You re driving me bananas/nuts with that kind of talk!] …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • someone nuts — tv. to drive someone crazy. (See also bonkers; nuts.) □ This cold is driving me bonkers. □ These tax forms are driving me nuts …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • nuts — nuts1 [ nʌts ] adjective never before noun INFORMAL crazy: He d be nuts to take the job. drive someone nuts to make someone very annoyed: All these phone calls are driving me nuts. go nuts 1. ) to become crazy: A man could go nuts sitting around… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • nuts — I UK [nʌts] / US adjective [never before noun] informal crazy He d be nuts to take the job. • nuts about/over extremely enthusiastic about something, or very attracted to someone She s nuts over him. drive someone nuts go nuts II UK [nʌts] / US… …   English dictionary

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