Idiom
hit the roof
Meaning
To be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My dad will hit the roof if he sees this mess.”
“When the manager discovered that the project was two weeks late, he hit the roof in front of the entire team.”
“Upon discovering that his prized collection had been ruined by the leak, the collector hit the roof and demanded an immediate explanation from the building supervisor.”
Examples
simple
“My dad will hit the roof if he sees this mess.”
contextual
“When the manager discovered that the project was two weeks late, he hit the roof in front of the entire team.”
complex
“Upon discovering that his prized collection had been ruined by the leak, the collector hit the roof and demanded an immediate explanation from the building supervisor.”
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