go ape

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to become extremely angry or excited

   Ma. Ma, Ma, Ma, don't go ape shit, all right?

In the movies · 8

• then I say, "hey, go apeshit.”Zombieland2009
• Ma. Ma, Ma, Ma, don't go ape shit, all right?Requiem for a Dream2000
• Everybody starts going ape shit.Reservoir Dogs1992
• Oh, God. They go ape shit over bubbles.Knocked Up2007
• and now the baboons are going ape.The Lion King2019
• that, uh, Darwin himself would go ape over.White Dog1982
• I’m going, you big ape.The King Tide2024
• Three, when they do, they are going to go absolutely ape.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964

Learn it in full scenes

• Reservoir Dogs1992
  • The Madonna Theory Debate
  • Mr. Pink Refuses to Tip
  • Mr. White Reassures Mr. Orange
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
  • Major Kong's Pep Talk
  • General Turgidson Dodges Calls
  • Mandrake Confronts General Ripper

More slang

• blow smoke
• go go go
• make a break for it
• show's over
• game on
• saddle up
• keep it moving
• walk it off
• get it up
• a bit on the side
• jack off
• get your knickers in a twist