“Are you nuts?”: idiom meaning.

Are you nuts?
Are you crazy? This informal expression is used when you think someone is saying/doing/proposing you something strange, unusual, and you think he or she is out of his/her mind.

Other examples of “are you nuts?” idiom in a sentence

  • You must be nuts to think I’m going to like it.
  • Are you nuts? He would never do such a thing!
  • She’s nuts. She is walking in her garden with a bucket on her head.

“Are you nuts?”: use in context explanation

The woman has decided to prepare dinner for her husband. She wants to make something they have never tried before. The woman knows pizza with pineapple is quite a controversial dish but she likes to be original and think out of the box. She thought her husband would appreciate it but he thinks she’s nuts.