climb the walls

Meaning: To be uneasy or restless.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Daily Life

More idioms — Daily Life

• climb on the bandwagon — To join the crowd in following a popular position, cause, activity, or fashion.
• close shave — A narrow escape.
• closed-minded — Unwilling to consider new ideas.
• come full circle — To return (figuratively) to a point where one has been before.
• come home to roost — To return to cause trouble.
• come out of one's shell — To stop being shy.

More English idioms

• clown around — To act silly.
• come off it! — A response to a statement that cannot be believed (sentence 1) or a behavior that must be…
• come out smelling like a rose — To avoid blame that one deserves; to seem innocent.
• cool one's heels — To wait.
• cornered — Trapped with no means of escape.
• cream of the crop — The best.

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