- drive you up the wall
- drive (you) up the wall
to make you very unhappy and full of anxiety or anger.
Related vocabulary: drive you to distraction
Working in front of a computer screen all day drives me up the wall.
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drive you up the wall
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drive someone up the wall — If something or someone drives you up the wall, they do something that irritates you greatly … The small dictionary of idiomes
drive someone up the wall — If something or someone drives you up the wall, they do something that irritates you greatly. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
drive up the wall — drive (you) up the wall to make you very unhappy and full of anxiety or anger. Working in front of a computer screen all day drives me up the wall. Related vocabulary: drive you to distraction … New idioms dictionary
drive you to distraction — drive (you) to distraction to cause you to be unable to think or work. That constant buzzing noise is driving me to distraction. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form do something to distraction to be unable to think of anything else: It is… … New idioms dictionary
drive up the wall — If somebody or something drives you up the wall, they do something that greatly annoys or irritates you. I can t concentrate with all the noise it s driving me up the wall … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
drive you to distraction — cause you to lose thoughts, drive me up the wall Her continual chatter will drive you to distraction … English idioms
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drive to distraction — drive (you) to distraction to cause you to be unable to think or work. That constant buzzing noise is driving me to distraction. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form do something to distraction to be unable to think of anything else: It is… … New idioms dictionary
wall — [[t]wɔ͟ːl[/t]] ♦ walls, walling, walled 1) N COUNT A wall is one of the vertical sides of a building or room. Kathryn leaned against the wall of the church... The bedroom walls would be papered with chintz... She checked the wall clock. Derived… … English dictionary
drive — drive1 W1S1 [draıv] v past tense drove [drəuv US drouv] past participle driven [ˈdrıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(vehicle)¦ 2¦(make somebody move)¦ 3¦(make somebody do something)¦ 4¦(make somebody/something be in a bad state)¦ 5¦(hit/push something into… … Dictionary of contemporary English
