up the wall

Example Sentences

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If a spider ran up the wall, he had a Kweku Ananse story for us.

From Literature

“She’s the mom that drives Celia and me up the wall. Brooks is doing fine but he’s not the little Einstein she thinks he is. Of course, I would never say that to her.”

From Literature

He scrambles up the wall a bit.

From Literature

On a Tuesday afternoon, she was the youngest at a nearby climbing gym, hoisting herself up the wall after a day of online Spanish studies from her living room and an acupuncture lesson taught by her mother.

From Barron's

Imagine my surprise when, instead, I saw her wicker dresser fully engulfed in flame, the fire licking up the wall.

From Los Angeles Times