drive someone up a wall

(idiom) 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.

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Similar idioms:

1. drive someone crazy
2. drive someone around the bend
3. drive someone nuts
4. the writing is on the wall
5. beat one’s head against the wall
6. be banging one’s head against the wall