B2idiominformalemotionsIELTS-friendly
drive someone up the wall
USUK
to make someone very annoyed
Often in the continuous: 'It's driving me up the wall'. Close to 'drive someone crazy'.
In context
The constant honking outside my window drives me up the wall.
My flatmate's loud music is driving me up the wall.
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a knot in your stomacha tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry