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Meaning of up the walls | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Very busy, swamped.

Ireland, UK, idiomatic, usually

Examples

“We were up the walls last⟳ week and I got ten hours overtime.”
“We didn't go to the restaurant as it was up the walls.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

up the wazoo up the yin-yang up there up to up to 11 up to anything

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