154 Drive someone up a wall
(PW) make someone craze
My son is driving me up a wall!
(free) Slang
Into a state of extreme frustration, anger, or distress: tensions that are driving me up the wall.
(usingEnglish)
If something or someone drives you up the wall, they do something that irritates you greatly.
(useit)
1. Annoy or irritate someone very much.
2. Put someone into an extreme position or situation. (= force someone up the wall)
If someone or something drives you up the wall, he/she/it annoys you very much or
pushes you to an awkward or extreme position.
Example:
The heat in this apartment drives me up the wall!
The company didn't fix the problem until the government forced it up the wall.
(idiommeaning)
to make someone crazy, to irritate someone
Example Sentence:
My children always drive me up a wall when they are tired and in a bad mood.
John’s girlfriend keeps driving him up a wall because she always asks him questions when he gets home from the bar.
I quit my job because my boss drove me up a wall every time I went to work.
Similar idioms:
beat one’s head against the wall
be banging one’s head against the wall
