Could it also mean "upset someone"?Originally Posted by ostap77
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- 04-Oct-2010, 12:03 #1
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drive smd up the wall or up a wall I've come to hear both "driving me up the wall" and "driving me up a wall.''
"To make someone angry". Would there be a change in the meaning when using different articles?
- 04-Oct-2010, 12:09 #2
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Re: drive smd up the wall or up a wall
- 04-Oct-2010, 14:58 #3
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Re: drive smd up the wall or up a wall I've only ever heard to drive somebody up the wall.
You can forget '...drive up a wall'.
It means to infuriate somebody - more than upset him.
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- 04-Oct-2010, 15:11 #4
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Re: drive smd up the wall or up a wall Don't get me wrong I just want to be sure. I looked it up in "101 American English Idioms" by Harry Collis. It says "drive up a wall" Originally Posted by Rover_KE
"They say I drive them up a wall wtih all the loud banging"?
- 04-Oct-2010, 17:44 #5
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Re: drive smd up the wall or up a wall Fair enough. I speak BE. Originally Posted by ostap77
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