Hit The Roof Saying

Where were you when the shit hit the fan.

Hit the roof saying.

Accelerate ascend beeline bullet burst climb dash drive escalate fleet fly haste hasten hurry hustle jet jump race rip rise rocket rush sail shoot soar speed surge tower whisk wing. When i told my mother she went through the roof. Have a nice day no problem. Meaning to be enraged.

If someone goes through the roof or hits the roof they suddenly become very angry and usually show their anger by shouting at someone. My mother hit the roof when she caught me smoking. What does the shit hits the fan expression mean. People often use this idiom to describe prices that shoot up quickly or stocks.

My parents are going to hit the roof if they find out we had a party here. Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary. By christine ammer language arts disciplines 1992 454 pages. Hit the roof to become very very angry i hit the roof when i saw my daughter s grades.

If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly as well. 16th century locution up in the house roof or house top meaning enraged. Related words and phrases. The shit hits the fan phrase.

Hospital releases plane crash pilot in mid wales a man died on the a40 near bwlch brecon when a large branch hit the roof of his car. A dictionary of clichésý page 171. It probably is related to a literal roof of a house. Compare with go through the ceiling.

The boss hit the roof when he saw that we d already blown through the budget. My teacher hit the roof when she caught someone cheating on a test. Hit the spot century to be up in the house roof or at the house top. To hit the roof things a statistic or number that rises very quickly to an unpredicted incredibly high value.

Your browser does not support the audio element. The craft hit the roof of a house about 250 feet from the airstrip then hit two parked cars as it crashed to the ground. You and your girls love those long heart to hearts on the roof that last until way after the sun sets. Compare with hit the ceiling.

In this sense the phrase is being used metaphorically. The shit hits the fan idioms by the free dictionary. She took one look at my hair and hit the roof. To hit the roof.