一日一成语【278】drive someone up the wall 把某人逼上绝路

drive someone up the wall
[美俚]把某人逼上绝路

I know Page is under great pressure. So you’d better treat him with care or he may be driven up the wall.
我知道佩奇的压力很大。所以你最好小心对待他，否则会把他逼上绝路的。

Leave him alone and let him work. Quit driving him up the wall.
别管他，由他干去，不要逼他。

注解：
drive意指驱赶，wall意指墙；to drive someone up the wall系指把某人逼上墙，喻指使某人无计可施，走上了绝路。