up the wall

And when every cell phone vibration is liable to drive you up the wall, the last thing you need is a burst pipe and a giant hole in your ceiling.

Shortly after purchasing the house, Puleo renovated the kitchen and bathroom, opened up the wall between the two spaces and widened the kitchen door.

It spikes whenever he’s in Sam’s presence, and drives him up the wall when another figure from his past resurfaces to remind him of his failures.

It would drive me up the wall.

This is a gimmick that drives deficit hawks up the wall: The spending and tax cuts always begin immediately, while the spending cuts are delayed and—if a future Congress has anything to say about it, as it typically does—often never implemented.