VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Drive Someone Up the Wall

Meaning:

Deeply irritate someone

Examples:

  • Her persistent nagging drove me up the wall.
  • He left the party early because all the silly chatter was driving him up the wall.
  • My secretary pops her chewing gum loudly all day long and it absolutely drives me up the wall.
  • He was driven up the wall by his flat mate’s frequent late night parties.
  • My flat-mate is driving me up the wall.
  • I love my kids, but sometimes they drive me up the wall.
  • Please don’t play your music so loud, you know that drives your father up the wall.
  • The traffic in Boston drives me up the wall.
  • The heat is driving me up the wall.
  • That loud noise is driving me up the wall.
  • Doesn't your girlfriend drive you up the wall speaking in that baby voice all the time?
  • My sister drives me up a wall. She will not let me sleep.
  • I sang in the bath and drove my parents up the wall.
  • The students can drive the teacher up the wall. It is not easy to be a teacher.
  • I know that rash is driving you up the wall but if you keep scratching it, it will never heal.
  • This stagnant traffic and constant honking is driving me up the wall.
  • Those dogs drive me up a wall. I can't study when they are barking.
  • The hustle and bustle of the city drove my boyfriend up the wall so we had to move to the suburbs.
  • The loud music played by my neighbours is driving me up the wall.
  • This computer is driving me up a wall. I think I need a new computer.
  • My daughter and her friends giggle all the time and it drives us up the wall.
  • The bus is driving me up a wall. I don't like the bus.
  • This question is driving me up the wall. Try as I may, I cannot find the right answer.
  • How can you travel for business every weekend? That would drive me up the wall.
  • He quit his job because his boss’ constant criticism was driving him up the wall.
  • My parents drive my wife up the wall so we don't visit them very often.
  • His tuneless singing and drumming on the table drives me up the wall.
  • Stop running around the house, your brother is studying for a test and your driving him up the wall.
  • The pointless discussion about which religion is better nearly drove me up the wall.