drive someone up the wall

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

drive someone up the wall (third-person singular simple present drives someone up the wall, present participle driving someone up the wall, simple past drove someone up the wall, past participle driven someone up the wall)

1. (idiomatic) To make a person very angry or frustrated; to infuriate.

   Her persistent nagging and constant bickering with me nearly drove me up the wall.

   • 1998 September 18, Charles Taylor, “Hong Kong Hollywood”, in Salon‎^[1], archived from the original on 2008-05-06:

     There is nothing and no one that's going to shut him up. That's what makes [Chris] Tucker funny. It's also what can drive you up the wall about him.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: fer sortir de polleguera
• Czech: zatlačit někoho ke zdi
• Finnish: tehdä joku hulluksi, käydä jonkun hermoille
• German: jemanden auf die Palme bringen
• Russian: доводи́ть до бе́шенства impf (dovodítʹ do béšenstva), довести́ до бе́шенства pf (dovestí do béšenstva)
• Spanish: sacar de sus casillas
• Ukrainian: дово́дити до ска́зу impf (dovódyty do skázu), довести́ до ска́зу pf (dovestý do skázu)

See also

• drive someone crazy
• drive someone to the wall