Drive (one) to despair negative verb phrase
To cause someone to feel sad, depressed and hopeless
This problem is driving me to despair.
I broke up with him because he has driven me to despair so many times.
That failure drove her to despair.
people often do irrational or foolish things when they are in love.
1. A short period of time suffering from depression
2. A hangover
To feel hopeless or lose control of one's emotions
To fall into a hopeless or depressed state
1. Having got an unlucky outcome
2. In a hopeless situation
This idiom should be conjugated according to its subject and tense.
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!