Steering Wheel

I saw a pirate with a steering wheel on his pants and I brought it to his attention. He simply responded "Aye, it's driving me nuts Idiom taken literally literal steering wheel driving The steering wheel (a literal driving device) is physically causing the pirate discomfort by scratching or bothering him. figurative frustration idiom The idiom 'driving me nuts' means something is making the pirate extremely frustrated or annoyed. The phrase 'driving me nuts' pivots between literal steering-wheel driving and the figurative idiom for frustration. !"