go ape vs go wild

go ape

verb
  • To become wildly excited or enthusiastic. 

  • To become very angry. 

go wild

verb
  • To become very noisy and excited. 

  • To land or pass wildly off-target. 

  • To go ahead; do as one pleases used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in the outcome of the proposal. 

How often have the words go ape and go wild occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )