Dictionary

hit the roof en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
   • When he found out I wrecked his brand-new car, he hit the roof.
   • Half a year of profits gone and now there's hell to pay / The cops say they know who, but there's no proof / The banker hit the roof / and damn near took the car. 1981, Stan Rogers, “Night Guard”, in Northwest Passage:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, the, roof.
   • Snider’s dad slipped. He hit the roof with a thump, letting go of Snider to throw his arms out and catch himself. 2009, Alan Gratz, The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings, Speak, Penguin Group, published 2010, →ISBN, page 268:

Forms

Relateds

scrape someone off the ceiling

Synonyms

pop one's cork · lose it · flip out · go ballistic · hit the ceiling · lose one's rag · go apeshit · go ape · blow one's top

Translations (36)

sv gå bananas (To be explosively angry) · pl wpadać w szał (To be explosively angry) · sv få utbrott (To be explosively angry) · sv gå i taket (To be explosively angry) · ro ieși din fire (To be explosively angry) · sv koka av (To be explosively angry) · sv gå bärsärk (To be explosively angry) · sv bli ursinnig (To be explosively angry) · sv tappa det (To be explosively angry) · sv gå bärsärkagång (To be explosively angry) · it perdere le staffe (To be explosively angry) · sv bli rosenrasande (To be explosively angry) · sv få fnatt (To be explosively angry) · sv få dåndimpen (To be explosively angry) · sv brinna av (To be explosively angry) · sv få raseriutbrott (To be explosively angry) · sv tappa fattningen (To be explosively angry) · sv få tuppjuck (To be explosively angry) · sv bli galen (To be explosively angry) · sv bli skogstokig (To be explosively angry) · fi hypätä kattoon (To be explosively angry) · ro sări muștarul (To be explosively angry) · mi tātāhau (To be explosively angry) · wa potchî foû d' ses bagues (To be explosively angry) · sv bli förbannad (To be explosively angry) · sv bli fly förbannad (To be explosively angry) · sv se rött (To be explosively angry) · sv få spel (To be explosively angry) · sv bli fy förbannad (To be explosively angry) · sv bli rasande (To be explosively angry) · fr sortir de ses gonds (To be explosively angry) · sv bli vansinnig (To be explosively angry) · sv få frispel (To be explosively angry) · pl wpaść w szał (To be explosively angry) · sv explodera (To be explosively angry) · wa potchî foû d' ses clicotes (To be explosively angry)