Poor Uncle Jack was driven to the wall by his angry creditors when his business failed.
Bill had to sell his five Great Danes. the high cost of feeding them was driving him to the wall.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
drive up the wall — ► drive up the wall informal make very irritated. Main Entry: ↑wall … English terms dictionary
drive to the wall — To push to extremities • • • Main Entry: ↑wall … Useful english dictionary
drive up the wall — drive (you) up the wall to make you very unhappy and full of anxiety or anger. Working in front of a computer screen all day drives me up the wall. Related vocabulary: drive you to distraction … New idioms dictionary
drive up the wall — drive (someone) up the wall informal to make someone very angry or very bored. I was being driven up the wall by their silly chatter. Working in a factory would have driven me up the wall … New idioms dictionary
drive up the wall — If somebody or something drives you up the wall, they do something that greatly annoys or irritates you. I can t concentrate with all the noise it s driving me up the wall … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
drive to the wall — {v. phr.} To defeat someone completely; to ruin someone. * /Poor Uncle Jack was driven to the wall by his angry creditors when his business failed./ Compare: GO TO THE WALL … Dictionary of American idioms
drive to the wall — {v. phr.} To defeat someone completely; to ruin someone. * /Poor Uncle Jack was driven to the wall by his angry creditors when his business failed./ Compare: GO TO THE WALL … Dictionary of American idioms
To drive to the wall — Wall Wall, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. ? a nail. Cf. {Interval}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drive up the wall — Synonyms and related words: aggravate, annoy, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beset, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chivy, devil, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, exasperate, exercise, fash, get, gripe, harass, harry,… … Moby Thesaurus
go or drive to the wall — See: TO THE WALL … Dictionary of American idioms
