bouncing off walls

Get very excited about something

He was bouncing off walls when I said I had tickets for his favorite show.

Bounce off the walls

(v) a figure of speech meaning beating someone up, usually referring to domestic violence.

I heard Tina broke up with her ex. I'm glad; he liked to make her bounce off the walls.

Or

Tina's abusive ex liked to bounce her off the walls.

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bouncing off the walls

Losing your shit when too heavily focused on something in your life

"Dude Trevor has been bouncing off the walls since his gf dumped him, buddy needs to hit the gym or go on a vacay to get his mind off that shit"

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