drive Idiom, Proverb

bottle drive

drive a hard bargain

drive around

drive at

drive it home

drive me batty

drive me crazy

drive me to the edge

drive me up the wall

drive someone up a wall

drive standard

drive you

drive you nuts

drive you to distraction

drive you to drink

in the driver's seat

take a drive/trip

test drive

drive-by

drive away

drive away at

drive back

drive crazy

drive home to

white as the driven snow

WHITENESS

very white.
• I like my bed sheets to be as white as the driven snow.
• We have a new kitten whose fur is white as the driven snow.

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drive sth home

Idiom(s): drive sth home

Theme: UNDERSTANDING

to make something clearly understood.
• Why do I always have to shout at you to drive something home?
• Sometimes you have to be forceful to drive home a point.

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drive sb up the wall

Idiom(s): drive sb up the wall

Theme: ANNOYANCE

to annoy or irritate someone.
• Stop whistling that tune. You re driving me up the wall.
• All his talk about moving to California nearly drove me up the wall.

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drive sb crazy

Idiom(s): drive someone crazy AND drive someone mad

Theme: ANNOYANCE

to annoy or irritate someone.
• This itch is driving me crazy.
• All these telephone calls are driving me mad.

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drive sth into the ground

Idiom(s): run something into the ground AND drive something into the ground

Theme: PERSISTENCE

to carry something too far. (Informal.)
• It was a good joke at first, Tom, but you've run it into the ground.
• Just because everyone laughed once, you don't have to drive it into the ground.

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drive sb mad

Idiom(s): drive someone crazy AND drive someone mad

Theme: ANNOYANCE

to annoy or irritate someone.
• This itch is driving me crazy.
• All these telephone calls are driving me mad.

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Backseat driver

A backseat driver is an annoying person who is fond of giving advice to the person performing a task or doing something, especially when the advice is either wrong or unwelcome.

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Drive a wedge

If you drive a wedge between people, you exploit an issue so that people start to disagree.

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Drive home

The idiomatic expression 'drive home' means 'reinforce' as in 'The company offered unlimited technical support as a way to drive home the message that customer satisfaction was its highest priority.'

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Drive someone up the wall

If something or someone drives you up the wall, they do something that irritates you greatly.

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Drive you spare

If someone or something drives you spare, it is extremely annoying.

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Driven by a motor

This is used to describe people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder when they talk excessively 'they act as if driven by a motor.'

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Sunday driver

A Sunday driver drives very slowly and makes unexpected manoeuvres.

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Take for a test drive

If you take something for a test driver, you try something to see if you like it.

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Back Seat Driver

People who criticize from the sidelines, much like someone giving unwanted advice from the back seat of a vehicle to the driver.

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Drive down

work hard to reduce prices or costs: "Over the last year we have driven down the distribution costs."

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Drive up

force up the prices or costs: "The uncertainty in the markets is driving up labour costs."

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backseat driver|backseat|driver

n., informal A bossy person in a car who always tells the driver what to do. The man who drove the car became angry with the back seat driver.

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drive a bargain|bargain|drive|drive a hard bargain

v. phr. 1. To buy or sell at a good price; succeed in a trade or deal. Tom's collie is a champion; it should be easy for Tom to drive a bargain when he sells her puppies. Father drove a hard bargain with the real estate agent when we bought our new house. 2. To make an agreement that is better for you than for the other person; make an agreement to your advantage. The French drove a hard bargain in demanding that Germany pay fully for World War I damages.

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drive at|drive

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 been talking for half an hour before anyone realized what he was driving at.

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drive home|drive|home

v. phr. To argue convincingly; make a strong point. The doctor's convincing arguments and explanation of his X-ray pictures drove home the point to Max that he needed surgery.

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drive like Jehu|Jehu|drive

v. phr., informal To drive very fast, carelessly or recklessly. When Joe is late for work, he drives like Jehu.

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drive one round the bend|bend|drive

v. phr., informal To upset someone so much that they think they are going crazy. "Slow down, please," Miss Jones cried. "You are driving me around the bend!"
Antonym: DRIVE ONE APE, BANANAS, ETC.

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drive someone ape|ape|banana|bananas|drive|drive s

v. phr., slang informal To excite someone to the point that he or she goes out of his or her mind; to drive someone crazy. You're driving me bananas/nuts with that kind of talk!

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drive to the wall|drive|wall

v. phr. To defeat someone completely; to ruin someone. Poor Uncle Jack was driven to the wall by his angry creditors when his business failed.
Compare: GO TO THE WALL.

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drive-in|drive

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 cars, can watch a motion picture from inside their cars, or can participate in a religious service in their cars. Let's not waste time on the road; let's just eat at the next drive-in restaurant. There is a drive-in theater not far from where we live. Max and Hilde go to a drive-in church every Sunday.