bonkers

(stark) raving bonkers

Totally crazy or eccentric; filled with an excessive amount of emotion, especially anger or excitement. I know you'll probably think me raving bonkers, but I sold all my possessions and am moving to a small village in China. The announcement drove fans stark raving bonkers, as it will be the first new album the band has released in over 10 years. The boss is stark raving mad after I bungled the expense reports.
See also: bonkers, raving

(stark) raving mad

Totally crazy or eccentric; filled with an excessive amount of emotion, especially anger or excitement. I know you'll probably think I'm raving mad, but I sold all my possessions and am moving to a small village in China. The announcement drove fans stark raving mad, as it will be the first new album the band has released in over 10 years. The boss is stark raving bonkers after I bungled the expense reports.
See also: mad, raving

bonkers

1. Crazy, wacky, or strange. There's a guy on our corner who shouts about the end of the world; I think he's bonkers.
2. Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really bonkers!

drive (one) bonkers

To annoy or frustrate one to the point of exasperation. A week on vacation with my relatives is enough to drive me bonkers. That loud beeping noise is driving me bonkers!
See also: bonkers, drive

go bonkers

1. To be or become wild, restless, irrational, or crazy; to act in such a way. The drivers in this country seem to go completely bonkers if there's even a little bit of snow on the ground. Don't give the kids too much sugar or they'll end up going bonkers! We thought taking our family vacation in a tiny cottage out in the country would be a nice break from city life, but we all went a bit bonkers after a few days.
2. To be or become very angry or upset. My parents went bonkers when they found out I'd taken the car without asking. Now, don't go bonkers or anything, but I've decided to move to Canada.
3. To be or become extremely excited or enthusiastic (about something). I've never understood that pop star's popularity, but kids just go bonkers for her music.
See also: bonkers, go
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

drive someone batty

 and drive someone bonkers; drive someone nuts
Fig. to annoy or irritate someone. You are certainly annoying! You're going to drive me batty. This cold is driving me bonkers. These tax forms are driving me nuts.
See also: batty, drive
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

drive someone crazy

Also, drive someone mad or bananas or bonkers or nuts or up the wall ; drive someone to drink. Greatly exasperate someone, annoy to distraction. For example, His habitual lateness drives me crazy, or Apologizing over and over drives me bananas, or These slovenly workmen drive me up the wall, or Your nagging is driving me to drink. All of these hyperbolic expressions describe a person's extreme frustration, supposedly to the point of insanity ( crazy, mad, nuts, bonkers, and bananas all mean "insane"); up the wall alludes to climbing the walls to escape and to drink to imbibing alcohol to induce oblivion.
See also: crazy, drive, someone
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

(stark) raving ˈmad/ˈbonkers

(informal) completely crazy; suddenly very angry with somebody: Are you stark raving mad, jumping off a moving train? When I told her I’d crashed her car, she went stark raving bonkers.
See also: bonkers, mad, raving
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

bonkers

(ˈbɔŋkɚz)
1. and crackers mod. insane; crazy. I think I am going crackers.
2. mod. slightly intoxicated. She’s too bonkers to drive.

drive someone bonkers

and drive someone nuts
tv. to drive someone crazy. (see also bonkers, nuts.) Shat up! You’re driving me bonkers. These tax forms are driving me nuts.
See also: bonkers, drive, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
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  • raving
  • stark
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  • raving mad/bonkers
  • (stark) raving mad
  • be stark raving mad
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  • go bonkers
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