send up the wall Idioma

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

climb the walls

feel upset or stressed, go bonkers, go crazy On the first day of school, the teacher was climbing the walls.

drive me up the wall

"cause me to feel anxious; go around the bend" I won't babysit at the Kaplans. The kids drive me up the wall.

drive someone up a wall

irritate or annoy someone greatly His constant complaining is driving me up a wall.

fly on the wall

(See a fly on the wall)

handwriting on the wall

a sign that something bad will happen The handwriting is on the wall. Business conditions are bad so probably nobody will get a pay raise this year.

hard to swallow

hard to accept, hard to take "She said, ""He has custody of the children. It's hard to swallow."""

hole in the wall

a small place to live, stay in or work in; small hidden or inferior place We went for a drink at a little hole in the wall near the university last night.

look like the cat that ate (swallowed) the canary

seem very self-satisified like you have just had some kind of success He looked like the cat that ate the canary when he came in with a smile on his face.

send (one) up the wall

To abrade or annul one to the point of exasperation. A anniversary on vacation with my ancestors is abundant to accelerate me up the wall. That loud beeping babble is sending me up the wall!Learn more: send, up, wall

send someone up the wall

Fig. to abrade and abrade someone; to drive addition crazy. Don't blemish your fingers on the blackboard. It sends me up the wall! That babble sends me up the wall!Learn more: send, up, wall

drive/send somebody up the ˈwall

(informal) accomplish somebody actual annoyed; drive somebody crazy: That babble is active me up the wall.Learn more: drive, send, somebody, up, wall

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