01
What does "You must be bananas" mean?
bananas is the plural form of banana
as an adjective, indicating "silly; crazy"
So, foreigners say "You must be bananas”
means saying "You must be crazy!"
Example:
You're going out in this weather? You must be bananas!
You must go out in this weather? You must be crazy!
I also shared a similar expression
go bananas = angry; go crazy
There is a saying that when the orangutans look at bananas
was extremely excited and fell into madness
, so go bananas and go ape meanings are similar
(ape) ape; ape )
means crazy and emotional out of control
Example:
She'll go bananas when you tell her the news.
If you tell her this news, she will be furious.
02
What does "banana oil" mean?
banana oil except for the meaning of " Banana Oil "
is often used to express "sweet words, nonsense"
finger mouth is like applying banana oil
Cut out the banana oil, flattery will get you nowhere.
Don’t talk sweetly, flattery will not help you get benefits!
03
What does "banana skin" mean?
banana skin in addition to referring to "banana peel"
is also commonly used to express: makes people ugly (or cause trouble) emergencies; make fools
Example:
The new tax has proved to be a banana skin for the management.
As it turns out, the new tax has caused trouble to the management department.
04
What does "one-banana problem" mean?
Since a banana can solve
That is definitely not a difficult thing
so one-banana problem is often used to express:
Part 1; easy things
Example:
No worries, that's a one-banana problem.
Don't worry, this is something that can be solved easily.
