drive (one) (a)round the bend
drive (one) (a)round the bend
To annoy or frustrate one to the point of exasperation. A week on vacation with my relatives is enough to drive me around the bend. That loud beeping noise is driving me round the bend!
See also: bend, drive
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
drive someone around the bend
Fig. to make someone angry or very frustrated. This tax stuff is about to drive me around the bend. Gert will drive us all around the bend with her constant complaining.
See also: around, bend, drive
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
drive someone round the bend
If a situation or someone's behaviour drives you round the bend, it makes you extremely bored or angry. Can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend?
See also: bend, drive, round, someone
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
drive someone around the bend
tv. to drive someone crazy. (see also (a)round the bend.) This tax stuff is about to drive me around the bend.
See also: around, bend, drive, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- drive around the bend
- drive someone around the bend
- drive someone round the bend
- drive someone up the wall
- drive up the wall
- drive/send somebody up the wall
- drive (one) up the wall
- drive (one) out of (one's) mind
- drive one out of mind
- drive somebody out of their mind/wits