climb the wall

climb the 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./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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