Idiom
climb the walls
Meaning
To behave in a distressed or frantic manner; to exhibit great agitation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am climbing the walls waiting for these test results.”
“After being stuck inside the house for three days due to the storm, the children were climbing the walls.”
“Confined to his small office for the entire weekend to finish the report, he began to climb the walls from sheer frustration.”
Examples
simple
“I am climbing the walls waiting for these test results.”
contextual
“After being stuck inside the house for three days due to the storm, the children were climbing the walls.”
complex
“Confined to his small office for the entire weekend to finish the report, he began to climb the walls from sheer frustration.”
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