2007-03-13 03:54:06 · 4 answers · asked by ? 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Interesting question...
The phrase 'going bananas' was first recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary, and is linked to the fruit's 'comic' connections with monkeys. Hence a person who acted out, much in the fashion of a amonkey, was said to be going bananas or simply "bananas".
One can only assume that "Nuts" evolved in a similar fashion, though to be sure, I cannot find any reference to it's origin anywhere.
2007-03-13 04:01:57 · answer #1 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always feel that nuts is a simile for "insane." We know Frankenstein had his head attached with nuts and bolts. If someone acts out of the ordinary, we say "they don't have their head screwed on right." Or, "He is (all ) nuts(...no bolts)." He is losing his head basically.
Bananas is uses I guess because we can slide easily on bananas. When a person slides or acts out of the ordinary, we say they are "bananas."
2007-03-13 05:13:19 · answer #2 · answered by Blue Eyed Angel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It never has and it never will. Where are you at? On the pills again
2007-03-13 03:57:12 · answer #3 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because they crack and peel.
2007-03-13 03:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by Ben 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋