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climb the walls

To be anxious or annoyed to the point of frenzy. If she makes another foolish blunder like that, I'll be ready to climb the walls. The doctor hasn't called me with the test results yet, so I've been climbing the walls.See also: climb, wall

climb the wall[s]

Fig. to be very agitated, anxious, bored, or excited. He was home for only three days; then he began to climb the wall. I was climbing the walls to get back to work.See also: climb, wall

climb the wall

verbSee climb the wallsSee also: climb, wall

climb the wall[s], to

To be driven to action out of restlessness or frustration. In the Book of Joel [2:7] the writer says, They shall climb the wall like men of war, and, in fact, until relatively recent times cities and towns were surrounded by defensive walls, which protected them against their enemies. The fierceness of attackers who climbed such walls survives in the sense of frenzy suggested by the modern cliché. See also drive [someone] up the wall.See also: climb

See also:

• climb the walls
• climbing the walls
• be climbing the walls
• abdabs
• a faux pas
• faux
• faux pas
• pas
• a laughing stock

climb the wall|climb|wall

v. phr., slang, informal 1. To react to a challenging situation with too great an emotional response, frustration, tension, and anxiety. By the time I got the letter that I was hired, I was ready to climb the wall. 2. To be so disinterested or bored as to be most anxious to get away at any cost. If the chairman doesn't stop talking, I'll climb the wall.

climb the walls

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