To Drive Someone to Drink 🚗🍷
To annoy someone to distraction. This twentieth-century Americanism implies that alcohol-induced oblivion is the only form of escape from the pest in question. W.C. Fields turned it around in his quip, “I was in love with a beautiful blonde once—she drove me to drink. ‘Tis the one thing I’m indebted to her for” (quoted in Whole Grains, by A. Spiegelman and B. Schneider).
Similar Expressions:
- Drive up the wall - To annoy or irritate someone greatly.
- Rub the wrong way - To irritate or annoy.
- Get on one’s nerves - To irritate someone persistently.
- Drive to distraction - To disturb or confuse someone to the point of loss of concentration.
Humorous Quote: “Why don’t you slip out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini?” - Robert Benchley
Suggested Readings & Watching:
- Books: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (because a little alcohol-induced rhetoric never hurts)
- Movies: Leaving Las Vegas starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue (mixing love and libation)
- Songs: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer by George Thorogood & The Destroyers (a bluesy, boozy classic)
- Poetry: A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle by Hugh MacDiarmid
Proverbs:
- “The road to drunkenness is short but steep.”
Inspirational Thought (or Just Worth a Toast): May your life be filled with less stress, more humor, and just the right amount of literary libations. Whether it’s driving you to drink or laughter, let’s make sure it’s a smooth ride! 🚗✨🍷
Farewell: Drive on, dear reader, whether it’s to distraction or delight, may your journey be sprinkled with laughter and wit. Here’s to a merry, even if slightly mad, adventure! 🚗🍷✨
