полезть на стенку

• ЛЕЗТЬ/ПОЛЕЗТЬ НА СТЕНУ <НА СТЕНУ, НА СТЕНКУ> highly coll

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to become extremely irritated, annoyed, furious:

- X полез на стенку{{}}≈ X went up the wall;

- X got (all) worked (riled) up;

- X got mad (saw red etc);

- [in limited contexts] X started climbing (up) the wall(s);

- X went haywire.

     ♦ Когда я сказал боссу, что я не согласен с его решением, он полез на стенку и стал кричать на меня. When I told the boss that I didn't agree with his decision, he went up the wall and started yelling at me.

     ♦ Два дня нас не покорми - мы сами не свои, мы на стенку лезем (Солженицын 10). If we're not fed for two days we go out of our minds, we start climbing up the wall (10a).