Idioms, Proverbs, Expressions & Slang terms

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Definition:
To be irrational and wild; to lose control.

Example:
I knew Joe would go bananas when he found out he's not getting a raise this year.

Etymology:
When apes are given a bunch of bananas, they eat them with tremendous enthusiasm, as though they've lost their minds.

Synonyms:
go crazy, bonkers

Definition:
To be wildly enthusiastic.

Example:
Alaine went bananas over the new shoes from Manolo Blahnik. I think she bought five pairs!

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Definition:
Prison, particularly a maximum security federal prison ( or jail )

Example:
After he got caught robbing a bank, Ted was sent to the big house for 20 years.

Etymology:
A 'house' is where people live, and a prison is quite large 9 or 'big'), home to hundreds of criminals. This phrase became popular in the early 1900's, when organized crime and large scale prisons developed in the United States.

Synonyms: up the river, under glass, behind bars

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Definition: The poor part of town.

Example: Chris came from the wrong side of the tracks, but eventually he became a millionaire.

Etymology: In many American cities, the neighborhoods where poor people live are typically on one side of a city's railroad tracks, close to factories and sources of pollution .

Synonyms: slum

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