1have very serious problems that limit the ways in which you can act
have one’s back to/against the wall
2make someone annoyed or angry
get one’s back up
3a very remote, isolated place
in the back of beyond
4at first glance, superficially
on the face of something
5in the entire world
on the face of the earth
7manipulate, disappoint
play on one’s emotions
8pretend to be allmighty
play God
9use specious excuses or unnecessary manoeuvres to gain time
play for time
10to cleverly use or manipulate the established rules
play the system
11make someone very bored or very angry
drive someone round the bend
12mean something
be driving at something
13make someone very annoyed
drives one to distraction