It’s 26F (-3C) today and very windy. This cold is driving me up a wall! [drive someone up a wall] is a great idiom which means, “to annoy greatly.”
– My neighbor’s loud music drives me up a wall
– She said her boss is always pushing her. He drives her up a wall.
What drives you up a wall?
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