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- climb the wall
climb the wall
climb the wall(s)
Fig. to be very agitated, anxious, bored, or excited. He was home for only three days; then he began to climb the wall. I was climbing the walls to get back to work.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Randall | | ['rændl] | |
| Rostislav | | rahs-tee-SLAHF (Russian) | Russian, Czech, Medieval Slavic |
| Alke | | - | Frisian |
| Dukes | | [du:ks] | |
| Virva | | VEER-vah | Finnish |
| İLkİN | | - | Turkish, Azerbaijani |