drive (one) (a)round the bend
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drive (one) (a)round the bend
To annoy or frustrate one to the point of exasperation. A week on vacation with my relatives is enough to drive me around the bend. That loud beeping noise is driving me round the bend!
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drive someone around the bend
Fig. to make someone angry or very frustrated. This tax stuff is about to drive me around the bend. Gert will drive us all around the bend with her constant complaining.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
drive someone round the bend
If a situation or someone's behaviour drives you round the bend, it makes you extremely bored or angry. Can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend?
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
drive someone around the bend
tv. to drive someone crazy. (see also (a)round the bend.) This tax stuff is about to drive me around the bend.
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