bananas
/bəˈnɑːnəz/adjective
उच्चारण बनानज़
पागल, सनकी
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as idiom
- 1
[not before noun] informal
crazy or very silly
पागल, सनकी
- The constant drilling next door is driving me bananas.
- You must be bananas to swim in the river in winter!
- The noise from the building site is driving me bananas; I cannot think.
+ 2 more examples
- Are you bananas? It is far too hot to run at noon!
- Waiting three hours for a train that never came nearly drove us bananas.
- 2
[not before noun] informal
very angry or very excited
आपे से बाहर, (गुस्से या खुशी से) पागल
- The crowd went bananas when India hit the winning six.
- Dad will go bananas when he sees the broken window.
- The children went bananas when they saw the fireworks on Diwali.
+ 2 more examples
- Fans went bananas as the singer walked onto the stage.
- My mother will go bananas if I forget her birthday again.
Opposite calm
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
banana / bananas (the fruit)
As fruit, banana is countable: a banana, two bananas, a bunch of bananas, a dozen bananas.
फल के रूप में 'banana' गणनीय है: a banana, two bananas, a bunch of bananas, a dozen bananas।
- Radhika bought a dozen bananas from the market.
- A bunch of bananas hung from the stall.
be / go bananas (adjective use)
Informally, bananas means crazy or wildly excited. It is used only after a verb such as be, go or drive someone, never before a noun.
अनौपचारिक रूप में 'bananas' का अर्थ पागल या अत्यधिक उत्तेजित है। यह केवल be, go जैसी क्रिया के बाद आता है, noun से पहले नहीं।
- The crowd went bananas when India scored.
- The noise is driving me bananas.
drive + someone + bananas
Use drive someone bananas to say that something makes a person very annoyed.
किसी बात से व्यक्ति के बेहद परेशान होने को बताने के लिए 'drive someone bananas' का प्रयोग होता है।
- My little brother's drumming drives me bananas.
banana + noun
Banana before another noun is a modifier: banana leaf, banana chips, banana shake, banana peel.
दूसरे noun से पहले 'banana' modifier का काम करता है: banana leaf, banana chips, banana shake, banana peel।
- In the south, meals are often served on a banana leaf.
+Collocations 4
quantity + bananas
a bunch ofa dozena kilo oftwoa few
- We carried a dozen bananas for the train journey.
adjective + bananas
riperawgreenoverripefried
- Raw bananas are cooked as a vegetable in Kerala.
go / drive + bananas
godrive someoneturnalmost gonearly go
- The students went bananas when the holiday was announced.
banana + noun
chipsleafpeelshakebread
- She slipped on a banana peel outside the canteen.
“More examples 5
- These bananas are not ripe yet; leave them for two days.
ये केले अभी पके नहीं हैं; इन्हें दो दिन रहने दीजिए।
- The whole stadium went bananas when the last-ball six was hit.
आख़िरी गेंद पर छक्का लगते ही पूरा स्टेडियम झूम उठा।
- The monkeys snatched the bananas from the tourists' hands.
बंदरों ने पर्यटकों के हाथों से केले छीन लिए।
- My mother will go bananas if she sees this mess in the kitchen.
रसोई में यह गंदगी देखकर मेरी माँ आग-बबूला हो जाएंगी।
- Bananas are rich in potassium and give quick energy before a match.
केले पोटैशियम से भरपूर होते हैं और मैच से पहले तुरंत ऊर्जा देते हैं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He went banana when he heard the news.
✓ He went bananas when he heard the news.
The idiom uses the plural form bananas.
इस मुहावरे में बहुवचन रूप 'bananas' आता है।
✗ She bought a dozen of bananas.
✓ She bought a dozen bananas.
After dozen, with a number word before it, do not use of.
Dozen से पहले संख्या होने पर उसके बाद 'of' नहीं लगता।
✗ This bananas is rotten.
✓ These bananas are rotten.
Bananas is plural, so use these and are.
'Bananas' बहुवचन है, इसलिए 'these' और 'are' का प्रयोग होगा।
¶Idioms 1
go bananas
(informal) to become very angry, excited or crazy
आपे से बाहर हो जाना, पागल-सा हो जाना
- The fans went bananas when the band came on stage.
- My mother will go bananas if I come home late again.
§Grammar and usage
Go bananas means to become very angry or very excited, and it has nothing to do with the fruit.
Go bananas का अर्थ है बहुत गुस्सा या बहुत उत्साहित हो जाना, और इसका फल (केले) से कोई संबंध नहीं है।