push over the edge



push/drive somebody over the edge

  (informal)
if an unpleasant event pushes someone over the edge, it makes them start to behave in a crazy way She had been driven over the edge by the separation from her husband.
See also: edge, push

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Albertaal-BUR-tə (English), ahl-BER-tah (Italian, Polish, German)English, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, German
LessieLES-eeEnglish
Ratna-Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Nepali, Indonesian
InkaEENG-kah (Finnish), ING-kah (German)Frisian, Finnish, German
EdieEE-deeEnglish
Rona (2)-Hebrew