Question of the Day #1040

We see her showing up early to collect student signatures to run, setting up a table in the school atrium with the kind of A-type keener energy that might drive one up the wall.

From the 7th paragraph of this article at Vice.

  上記の文で、drive one up the wallの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "drive one up the wall" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

（人）をかっか［イライラ・激怒・うんざり］させる、ひどく［カンカンに］怒らせる、取り乱させる

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To annoy or frustrate one to the point of exasperation.

 

Examples

• A week on vacation with my relatives is enough to drive me up the wall.
• That loud beeping noise is driving me up the wall!
• He is very slow in doing anything. That drives me up the wall.
• Stop whistling that tune. You're driving me up the wall.
• The noise is driving me up the wall.

   

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