drive someone bananas

[drive one ape], [drive one bananas], [drive one crazy], [drive one mad] or [drive one nuts] {v. phr.}, {informal} To irritate, frustrate, or tickle someone's fancy so badly that they […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drive one round the bend

[drive one round the bend] {v. phr.}, {informal} To upset someone so much that they think they are going crazy. * /"Slow down, please," Miss Jones cried. "You are driving […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drive-in

[drive-in] {adj.}/{n.} A kind of movie theater, fast food restaurant, or church, where the customers, spectators, or worshippers do not leave their automobiles but are served the food inside their […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drive at

[drive at] {v.} To try or want to say; mean. - Used in the present participle. * /John did not understand what the coach was driving at./ * /He had […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Mordecai Richler

(1931--), Canadian writer Wherever I travel, I'm too late. The orgy has moved elsewhere.

тянуть за язык

[тянуть за язык] {v. phr.} {literally} To pull someone by the tongue. To make someone say smt; to pump someone. […]

break ground

[break ground] {v. phr.} To begin a construction project by digging for the foundation; especially, to turn the formal first […]

girl Friday

[girl Friday] {n.} A very dependable and helpful female office worker; especially a secretary. * /Miss Johnson is the […]