bounce off the walls
Wildly restless behavior
To bounce off the walls is to be hyperactive, restless, or unable to contain one's energy—like someone so energized they're careening around a room: The kids were bouncing off the walls after all that sugar.
The phrase often describes children or anyone in a state of excited agitation.
- off the wallStrangely unconventional in nature
- rowdyNoisily disorderly
- hyperactiveExcessively energetic, easily distracted
- energeticHaving much vigor
- full of beansVery lively, energetic
can't sit still · overstimulated · firecracker · tornado · sugar rush · hyped up · restless · uproar · ecstatic · rambunctious · frenetic · thrilled · bounding · whirlwind · running wild · fidgety · franticness · racing thoughts