wall

between you and me and the wall

见 bedpost

drive someone up the wall

(informal)make someone very irritated or angry

(非正式)使某人非常恼火

go to the wall informal 非正式

(of a business) fail; go out of business

（生意）失败

support someone or something, no matter what the cost to oneself

（不计代价）支持

the tendency for poets to &B{go to the wall for} their beliefs.

诗人们为了他们的信仰而不惜一切代价的倾向。

hit the wall

(of an athlete) experience a sudden loss of energy in a long race

（长跑运动员）突然跑不动了

off the wall N. Amer. informal 北美，非正式

eccentric or unconventional

古怪的；不寻常的

(of a person) angry

（人）生气的

the president was off the wall about the article.

总统对那篇文章十分气愤。

(of an accusation) without basis or foundation

（指控）无根据的

walls have ears

(proverb)be careful what you say as people may be eavesdropping

(谚)隔墙有耳

wall-to-wall

(of a carpet or other floor covering) fitted to cover an entire floor

（地毯或其他铺地材料）铺满整个地板的

off the wall&I{【俚语】}

Extremely unconventional.

极端开放的

Without foundation; ridiculous

无原则的；荒唐可笑的

an accusation that is really off the wall.

确实荒谬可笑的指控

up the wall&I{【俚语】}

Into a state of extreme frustration, anger, or distress

狂怒恼火的：进入极端沮丧、愤怒或悲哀的状态

tensions that are driving me up the wall.

使我心烦意乱的压力

writing on the wall 或 handwriting on the wall

An ominous indication of the course of future events

凶兆：对于未来事件发展的不祥预示

saw the writing on the wall and fled the country.

觉察到凶兆立即逃到了国外