Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
испортить нервы кому-либо
English translation:
X makes Y a nervous wreck
Russian term
United States
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, German to Russian, and 1 more.
испортить нервы кому-либо
Нужна сильная фраза, а не просто, что-то вроде to make smb. upset или что-то в этом роде.
Спасибо!
Jun 6, 2013 06:27: Nadezhda Ward Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Hungarian to Russian, and 2 more.
X makes Y a nervous wreck
Top quality, reliability
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, French to Russian, and 6 more.
get someone hopping mad
Russian Federation
Reliable, Reasonable, Realistic!
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
drive somebody up the wall/make somebody hit the roof/make somebody pull his hair
United Kingdom
25 yrs exp., ITI Certified, Trados, DVX3
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English
did my head in
It also preserves the idea in the Russian that "damage to the nerves/head/psyche" has resulted from this person's antics...
If you want to make it stronger you can add a qualifier:
"completely did my head in..."
Again fit to context...
United States
Psychology, economics, politics
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
shatter somebody's nerves
But this might serve.
Ukraine
a top-rank. native English-Ukrainian-Rus
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Ukrainian (Variant: Standard-Ukraine) , Russian
Works in: English to Ukrainian, Ukrainian to English, Russian to English, and 3 more.
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