up the walls



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up the walls

Extremely busy or overworked; having many things to contend with at once. Primarily heard in UK, Ireland. Sorry I haven't been in touch, but between work and our new baby, I've just been up the walls lately! Thank goodness you're here, Mary, we're up the walls in here! Could you take this order out to table 10 straight away, please?
See also: up, wall

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lestariles-TAH-reeIndonesian
Sadia-Urdu, Bengali
Roelof-Dutch
NÚRia-Catalan, Portuguese
Ji-Yeongjee-yungKorean
Rebeccahrə-BEK-əEnglish (Rare)