Hit The Roof Idiom

By christine ammer language arts disciplines 1992 454 pages.

Hit the roof idiom. The boss hit the roof when he saw that we d already blown through the budget. My parents are going to hit the roof if they find out we had a party here. The first expression dates from the early 1900s. The boss hit the roof when he saw that we d already blown through the budget.

16th century locution up in the house roof or house top meaning enraged. If you lose your temper and get very angry you hit the roof. The roof caves in. What does hit the roof mean.

Raise the roof to. Like a cat on a hot tin roof. Live under the same roof. To become extremely angry or upset.

Like a cat on hot bricks. Roof over one s head a. Also hit the roof. Hit the roof also hit the ceiling to become extremely angry.

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. Buildings construction all idioms have been editorially reviewed and submitted idioms may have been edited for correctness and completeness. Hit the roof to become very very angry i hit the roof when i saw my daughter s grades. The first expression dates from the early 1900s.

Snow on the roof. A dictionary of clichésý page 171. My mother hit the roof when she caught me smoking. The roof falls in.

Keyed up to the roof. Idiom definition 1 to hit the roof things a statistic or number that rises very quickly to an unpredicted incredibly high value or idiom definition 2 to hit the roof people to become very angry. Hit the spot century to be up in the house roof or at the house top. Also hit the roof.

Dad will hit the roof when he finds out i dented the car. Have a nice day no problem. The second is a version of a 16th century locution up in the house roof or house top meaning enraged. To become extremely angry or upset.

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. The second is a version of a 16th century locution up in the house roof or house top meaning enraged. Roof over one s head. Have snow on the roof.