climb a wall
1climb 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… …
2climb 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… …
3climb\ 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… …
4climb the wall — be so bored that you become anxious and frustrated She began to climb the wall after only a few days at her new job …
5climb the wall(s) — tv. to do something desperate when one is anxious, bored, or excited. □ He was home for only three days; then he began to climb the wall. □ I was climbing the walls to get back to work …
6climb — 1 verb 1 MOVE UP/DOWN (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) to move up, down, or across something, especially something tall or steep, using your feet and hands (+ up/down/along etc): Some spectators climbed onto the roof to get a better… …
7Wall Of Worry — The financial markets periodic tendency to surmount a host of negative factors and keep ascending. Wall of worry is generally used in connection with the stock markets, referring to their resilience when running into a temporary stumbling block,… …
8climb*/*/*/ — [klaɪm] verb I 1) [I/T] to use your hands and feet to move up, over, down, or across something He climbed onto the roof.[/ex] We escaped by climbing through a window.[/ex] I didn t think he could climb the wall.[/ex] 2) [T] to walk up a slope or… …
9wall — See: BACK TO THE WALL, BEAT ONE S HEAD AGAINST A WALL, CLIMB THE WALL, FORWARD WALL, HANDWRITING ON THE WALL, HOLE IN THE WALL, STONE WALL or BRICK WALL, TO THE WALL …
10wall — See: BACK TO THE WALL, BEAT ONE S HEAD AGAINST A WALL, CLIMB THE WALL, FORWARD WALL, HANDWRITING ON THE WALL, HOLE IN THE WALL, STONE WALL or BRICK WALL, TO THE WALL …
