climb the walls

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climb the walls

verb climbs the walls · climbing the walls · climbed the walls

  1. idiomatic To behave in a distressed or frantic manner; to exhibit great agitation. There are purists who climb the walls when German Conductor-Organist-Harpsichordist Karl Richter performs Bach. . . . To them, imagination—and Richter has plenty—is the ultimate transgression.

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verb behave in a distressed or frantic manner

中文坐立不安 zuòlìbù'ān

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@misc{climb_the_walls_2026,
  title = {climb the walls},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/climb%20the%20walls},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}