drive to distraction

drive someone to distraction

Fig. to confuse or perplex someone. Can't you see you're driving her to distraction? The problems I am having with my boss are driving me to distraction.

drive you to distraction

to cause you to be unable to think or work That constant buzzing noise is driving me to distraction.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form do something to distraction (to be unable to think of anything else): It is obvious that he loves her to distraction.

Related vocabulary: drive you up the wall

drive somebody to distraction

to make someone very angry or very bored Looking after six children every day is enough to drive you to distraction. There's a constant buzzing noise and it's driving me to distraction.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eoghan	O-in (Irish, Scottish), YO-in (Irish, Scottish)	Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Gladys	GLAD-is (English)	Welsh, English
Arsen	-	Armenian
Panfilo	-	Italian
Bill	[bil]
Urbana	oor-BAH-nah	Italian