What does "to drive up the wall" mean?

Question

What exactly does "to drive up the wall" mean..?

Is it like to drive someone nuts or sumthing..?

Answer 1

sweet guy this means" to do something extraordinary".in other words "to break the fact".

Answer 2

Yeah. Like, make somebody so mad that they'll pull their hair out. Expressions.

Answer 3

It depends on how it's being used in the sentence... usually it means someone or something is getting on your nerves, as in "The constant barking across the street is driving me up the WALL!"  Of course it you take it literally, someone could be trying to drive up a wall (provided the wall inclines gradually, like a race track (although technically they really are steep embankments, they are almost steep enough to be considered "walls") OR if you are talking about communication, you might "drive up a wall" between yourself and the other person  "Anna drove  the wall up higher and higher between them, each time she lied to her mom."

But that's reaching.   Usually, it means driving someone crazy or getting on their nerves.

Answer 4

It's more like you are really annoying them.

Answer 5

its definitely like 'annoying' someone, but its something more persistent than that.

its like 'driving someone crazy'

Answer 6

It kinda refers to "climbing the walls"

(going nuts)

Although they dont say it this way it would

be more like something "driving me to

climbing the walls"

Answer 7

more like extreme frustration, anger or distress.

Eg. my teenage daughter is driving me up the wall with her rebellious ways. or

Trying to get this right is driving me up the wall.