be bouncing off the walls

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be bouncing off the walls

To be very active and energetic to the point of hyperactivity. How much sugar did you give the kids? They're bouncing off the walls!

See also: bouncing, off, wall

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be bouncing off the walls

INFORMAL

If someone is bouncing off the walls, they are acting in a very uncontrolled and excited way. After another cup of coffee Holly was bouncing off the walls.

See also: bouncing, off, wall

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

be ˌbouncing off the ˈwalls

(informal) be so full of energy or so excited that you cannot keep still: He was bouncing off the walls so I told him to go out for a walk.

See also: bouncing, off, wall

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