Idiom: drive to distraction
Meaning
Idiom: drive to distraction
- to confuse or distract someone so they can't focus
- to greatly annoy or frustrate someone
Example sentences
— This construction is driving me to distraction. I'm going to work at the cafe for a while.
— There's a beautiful girl in our chemistry class and she's driving everyone to distraction.
— I hate it when people wear perfume to the theater—it honestly drives me to distraction.
— I have to wear earplugs at work because the person next to me pops her gum so loudly it drives me to distraction.
— You'll never get work done by the pool. The girls in their bikinis will drive you to distraction.
— Unfortunately, I can't get any work done at home because my kids drive me to distraction.
— How can you study in the library? All the private conversations drive me to distraction.
— There's no way you're going to buy that patterned wallpaper for the living room. It will drive me to distraction.
Synonyms
- drive someone nuts/crazy/mad
- hit/touch a nerve
- hit/touch a raw nerve
- drive someone out of their mind
- get in someone's hair
- drive someone up the wall
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