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go tutti-frutti

idiom
Meaning

To become angry or act crazily.


Examples
SIMPLE

The boss went tutti-frutti when he saw the mess.

CONTEXTUAL

After waiting in the long line for three hours, the customer finally went tutti-frutti and started shouting.

COMPLEX

Faced with the mounting pressure of the deadline and the constant technical failures, the exhausted engineer eventually went tutti-frutti in front of the entire board.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

  8. 08

    enough to go around

    There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.

Last updated April 17, 2026