Meaning Of Idiom “Drive Someone Up the Wall” To drive someone up the wall means to greatly annoy, irritate, or exasperate in a way that distracts them. Driving someone up the wall is similar to getting on someone’s nerves or driving someone crazy, bananas, or bonkers. The definite article “the” is common but the indefinite … Read more
Also: tired to death Meaning of Sick and Tired To be sick and tired of something means to be extremely weary of, annoyed with, exasperated by, or bored by something; to be unwilling to tolerate something any longer; to not want to hear about something anymore; to not want to see something (or someone) anymore. … Read more
Meaning of Idiom ‘A Pain in the Neck’ When someone is a pain in the neck they are annoying or a source of irritation; a nuisance; someone that ‘gets on one’s nerves’ Also used: pain in the butt pain in the arse (UK) pain in the ass (US) pain in the backside Sentence Examples “He’s … Read more
Also: Fed up to the/my eyeballs Fed up to the (back) teeth, Fed up to the gills Meaning of Idiom ‘Fed Up (With Something) To be fed up with something means to be tired of it occurring and wanting it to stop; to be unable to tolerate something any longer; to be frustrated, highly annoyed, … Read more
This idiom, which originated in America, is one of the few animal idioms with the word goat and the only one that seems to be somewhat common in spoken English. Its origin is somewhat of a mystery although one theory has it that the source is to do with horse racing. Meaning of Idiom ‘Get … Read more
Meaning of Idiom ‘Knock It Off’ To knock it off means to stop doing something that annoys or irritates you or that is inappropriate or rude. Knock it off means the same as “Stop it.” Usually used as an imperative or order as in “Knock it off, Peter, or I’m going to tell mom.” Want … Read more
Meaning of Idiom ‘Ruffle Someone’s Feathers’ To ruffle someone’s feathers means to upset, annoy, or anger them. ,, Sentence Examples “Boy, that comment you made about deodorant really ruffled Bob’s feathers!” “Ron seemed upset at lunch today,” said Henry. “Yeah, something Mick said really ruffled his feathers.” “I have a friend, I’m spending time away from … Read more