The excited children are bouncing off the walls today.
bounce off the walls
idiomTo be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is.
After eating all that candy at the party, the kids were bouncing off the walls for hours.
The puppy, having been confined to a small crate all morning, began bouncing off the walls the moment he was finally released into the garden.
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bounce back
To recover from a negative situation without seemingly any damage.
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bounce off
To test (ideas) on someone.
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climb the walls
To behave in a distressed or frantic manner; to exhibit great agitation.
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dead cat bounce
A temporary recovery in the price of a financial instrument which has fallen rapidly and is expected to fall further in the long run.
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if these walls could talk
Used to denote a location with an interesting or controversial history.