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up the wallIn a state of intense frustration, vexation, distress, or anxiety. I've been up the wall trying to get this problem with my tax bill resolved. That car alarm next door is driving me up the wall!See also: up, wallup the wallFig. in a very bad situation; very upset or anxious. He's really up the wall about Mary's illness. We were all up the wall until the matter was resolved.See also: up, wallup the wallsee under drive someone crazy. See also: up, wallup the wall mod. in a very bad situation. We were all up the wall until the matter was resolved. See also: up, wall up the wall Slang Into a state of extreme frustration, anger, or distress: tensions that are driving me up the wall.See also: up, wallup against it/the wallIn trouble. This slangy Americanism of the late nineteenth century uses “it” in a general way to mean any kind of difficulty. When “the wall” is substituted, it may refer to the practice of lining criminals up against a wall, or, more likely, of having one’s back to the wall. “I saw I was up against it,” wrote George Ade (Artie, 1896).See also: up, wallLegalSeeWall |