drove someone nuts
Made them crazy
To drive someone nuts is to annoy, frustrate, or exasperate them intensely: That constant tapping is driving me nuts.
The phrase can also mean to excite or arouse someone to distraction: She drives me nuts.
Nuts here means crazy—the idea being that persistent irritation or attraction pushes someone toward madness.
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
- pesteringPersistent unwanted attention
- interruptingBreaking in mid-speech
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- conflictOpposition between parties
agitation · annoyance · snapped · impatience · hit the ceiling · manipulation · provoking · anger · exasperation · flipped out · at wit's end · last straw · short fuse · blew a fuse · stress · teasing · micromanaging · criticizing