Hit The Roof (Verb)
Meaning
Get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- Her mom hit the roof when she found out she had stayed out past midnight.
- The coach hit the roof when the referee made that terrible call.
- When his little sister broke his toy, the boy hit the roof.
- She hit the roof when she saw the huge phone bill her son had racked up.
- Her father hit the roof when he learned that she had lied about her whereabouts on Saturday.
Synonyms
- Lose One's Temper
- Throw A Fit
- Combust
- Hit The Ceiling
- Blow A Fuse
- Have Kittens
- Go Ballistic
- Flip One's Lid
- Fly Off The Handle
- Flip One's Wig
- Have A Fit
- Blow Up
- Blow One's Stack