to drive sb to distraction

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• drive you to distraction — drive (you) to distraction to cause you to be unable to think or work. That constant buzzing noise is driving me to distraction. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form do something to distraction to be unable to think of anything else: It is… …   New idioms dictionary

• drive someone to distraction — drive (someone) to distraction to make someone very angry or very bored. Looking after six children every day is enough to drive you to distraction. There s a constant buzzing noise and it s driving me to distraction …   New idioms dictionary

• drive someone to distraction — phrase to annoy someone so much that they become angry or upset She was driven to distraction by his constant whistling. Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry: distraction * * * annoy someone intensely he was driven to dis …   Useful english dictionary

• drive you to distraction — cause you to lose thoughts, drive me up the wall    Her continual chatter will drive you to distraction …   English idioms

• drive someone to distraction — to annoy someone so much that they become angry or upset She was driven to distraction by his constant whistling …   English dictionary

• drive to distraction — drive (you) to distraction to cause you to be unable to think or work. That constant buzzing noise is driving me to distraction. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form do something to distraction to be unable to think of anything else: It is… …   New idioms dictionary

• drive to distraction — drive (someone) to distraction to make someone very angry or very bored. Looking after six children every day is enough to drive you to distraction. There s a constant buzzing noise and it s driving me to distraction …   New idioms dictionary

• drive you up the wall — drive (you) up the wall to make you very unhappy and full of anxiety or anger. Working in front of a computer screen all day drives me up the wall. Related vocabulary: drive you to distraction …   New idioms dictionary

• drive up the wall — drive (you) up the wall to make you very unhappy and full of anxiety or anger. Working in front of a computer screen all day drives me up the wall. Related vocabulary: drive you to distraction …   New idioms dictionary

• distraction — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ unwanted ▪ good, nice, welcome ▪ brief, momentary ▪ constant ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• drive — drive1 W1S1 [draıv] v past tense drove [drəuv US drouv] past participle driven [ˈdrıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(vehicle)¦ 2¦(make somebody move)¦ 3¦(make somebody do something)¦ 4¦(make somebody/something be in a bad state)¦ 5¦(hit/push something into… …   Dictionary of contemporary English