βγάζω την ψυχή

[Alexandra]

Όπως λέμε, "Αυτό το πράγμα μού έβγαλε την ψυχή μέχρι να δουλέψει σωστά!"

 

[nickel]

Να πω το εύκολο;
This thing nearly drove me mad until I got it to work.

 

[drsiebenmal]

Μπορείς πάντα να δώσεις την αναγκαία έμφαση με it took the shit out of me...

 

[Philip]

I had the devil of a job to get it to work.

 

[cougr]

Επίσης, "getting it to work drove me to hell (and back)".

 

[pontios]

All good suggestions.
Maybe even?.... It was torture getting it to work properly .. or getting it to work properly was pure torture.