wall

between you and me and the wall

見 bedpost

drive someone up the wall

(informal)make someone very irritated or angry

(非正式)使某人非常惱火

go to the wall informal 非正式

(of a business) fail; go out of business

（生意）失敗

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

（不計代價）支持

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

詩人們?yōu)榱怂麄兊男叛龆幌б磺写鷥r的傾向。

hit the wall

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

（長跑運動員）突然跑不動了

off the wall N. Amer. informal 北美，非正式

eccentric or unconventional

古怪的；不尋常的

(of a person) angry

（人）生氣的

the president was off the wall about the article.

總統(tǒng)對那篇文章十分氣憤。

(of an accusation) without basis or foundation

（指控）無根據(jù)的

walls have ears

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

(諺)隔墻有耳

wall-to-wall

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

（地毯或其他鋪地材料）鋪滿整個地板的

off the wall&I{【俚語】}

Extremely unconventional.

極端開放的

Without foundation; ridiculous

無原則的；荒唐可笑的

an accusation that is really off the wall.

確實荒謬可笑的指控

up the wall&I{【俚語】}

Into a state of extreme frustration, anger, or distress

狂怒惱火的：進入極端沮喪、憤怒或悲哀的狀態(tài)

tensions that are driving me up the wall.

使我心煩意亂的壓力

writing on the wall 或 handwriting on the wall

An ominous indication of the course of future events

兇兆：對于未來事件發(fā)展的不祥預(yù)示

saw the writing on the wall and fled the country.

覺察到兇兆立即逃到了國外