"up the walls" meaning in All languages combined

See up the walls on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-up the walls.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} up the walls, {{en-PP}} up the walls
  1. (idiomatic, UK, Ireland, regarding a workplace, etc.) Very busy, swamped. Tags: Ireland, UK, idiomatic, usually Related terms: up the wall
    Sense id: en-up_the_walls-en-prep_phrase-7IwPf6wU Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English

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