Hit The Roof Meaning Idiom

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Hit the roof meaning idiom.

What does the idiom hit the roof mean. Hit the roof posted by smokey stover on march 03 2009 at 03 15. To become extremely angry. Look it up now.

My parents are going to hit the roof if they find out we had a party here. Where did hit the roof originate from. See idiom of the day today. 2 if the share value at the time you exercise your option has hit the roof it s a lot like winning the lottery just without the risk.

1 everyone else hit the roof except daddy. The second is a version of a 16th century locution up in the house roof or house top meaning enraged see also. When johnny s dad found out that he d been smoking cigarettes he hit the roof. To hit the roof examples.

An alternative definition for this idiom is to become extremely angry. However that meaning more commonly appears with the wording to hit the roof. He got really quiet and started balling and unballing his fists. Phrase if you hit the roof or go through the roof you become very angry indeed and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.

To become extremely angry or upset. When the boss saw jim s mistake he hit the roof. Hit the roof posted by joe on march 02 2009 at 15 56. Dad will hit the roof when he finds out i dented the car.

Explode in anger as in jane hit the ceiling when she saw her grades or dad hit the roof when he didn t get his usual bonus. Definition of hit the roof from the cambridge academic content dictionary cambridge university press. Examples of through the roof in this example a woman uses the expression to talk about the cost of medicine for her son. The american heritage dictionary of idiomsý page 303.

The first expression dates from the early 1900s.