up the wall

English

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Prepositional phrase

up the wall

1. (idiomatic) crazy, mad

   Those noisy children are driving me up the wall.

   • 1980 February 25, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Open Government”, in Yes Minister, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Vic Gould (Edward Jewesbury):

     You really are a pain in the arse, aren't you (laugh track)? The PM is going up the wall! Hitting the roof! You can't go around making speeches like that.

See also

• up the walls