nuts about, be

Be extremely enthusiastic; also, be extremely fond of. For example, Ellen is nuts about opera, or Kevin has been nuts about Megan since he met her. This seemingly new slangy expression began life in the late 1700s as nuts on or upon; about began to be substituted about 1940.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Havel	-	Czech, Slovak
Madonna	mə-DAHN-ə	English
Izanagi	-	Far Eastern Mythology
Cerise	-	French
Mihaila	-	Macedonian
Artur	ər-TOOR (Portuguese), ar-TOOR (Galician), AHR-tuwr (Polish), AHR-toor (German)	Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Polish, Russian, German, Estonian, Swedish, Romanian, Czech