“Drive someone up the wall”
Definición
To make someone very annoyed or angry.
Ejemplos
Examples
“That noise is driving me up the wall.”
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Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
That noise is driving me up the wall.Compare with the original example
That noise is driving me up the wall.
Write a two-line conversation using “Drive someone up the wall”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
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- What does "Drive someone up the wall" mean?
- "Drive someone up the wall" means to make someone very annoyed or angry.
- How do you use "Drive someone up the wall" in a sentence?
- Example: "That noise is driving me up the wall."
- Should I interpret "Drive someone up the wall" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.