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Meanings of hit the roof in English
Get very angry and fly into a rage.
Synonyms
Examples for "combust"
Examples for "combust"
1
When that happens, two materials are brought together and they spontaneously combust.
2
My heart was a trip-hammer and I thought my lungs would combust.
3
I would spontaneously combust with enthusiasm every time I entered a classroom.
4
If I didn't have sex for another day, would I spontaneously combust?
5
There was a risk this could cause the coal inside to combust.
1
You say that Professor Rogers tended to fly off the handle easily.
2
And if everything wasn't how he wanted it, he'd fly off the handle.
3
Maybe she was worried that Hank might fly off the handle.
4
It always harms a man, anyway, to fly off the handle.
5
Betsy was not one to fly off the handle like that.
1
Till then it is idle to wrangle, and to lose one's temper.
2
But I think it's a pity ever to lose one's temper.
3
I discovered also how easy it is to lose one's temper with these men.
4
She considers it bad manners to lose one's temper.
5
It is impossible sometimes not to lose one's temper.
1
Bjørn in particular has capacity to blow a fuse if suitably prodded.
2
I fly into a rage, and it's like I blow a fuse.
3
You ought to take your case to a psychoanalyst; he'd blow a fuse.
4
Shorts usually blow a fuse, but if it were an older house, could it be possible?
5
I plugged in the tape recorder, hoping I wouldn't give myself a shock or blow a fuse.
1
Gordon will go ballistic if we miss that press conference tomorrow.
2
We're agreed that the bottom line is that the fleet will go ballistic.
3
Fatima will broadcast the tape over the Internet and go ballistic.
4
That I'm-sorry-but-I've-got-to-do-this expression on Alex's face was about to make Michael go ballistic.
5
Darrell would go ballistic if she let a lawyer in.
1
It came to me suddenly: he meant to blow up the Intendance.
2
First, he judged it necessary to blow up the bridge of Demir-Hissar.
3
He could not blow up one of these bubbles on the spring.
4
Gas of northern metaphysics to blow up Broad Church bishops like balloons.
5
The wind begins to blow up sharply, though it was very pleasant.
1
The night watchman seemed like a man about to throw a fit.
2
I thought for a minute he was going to throw a fit.
3
He would give father-in-law a chance to throw a fit, next morning.
4
I thought the old guy would throw a fit, but he didn't.
5
Why, if Billy woke up and heard that he'd throw a fit.
1
Atticus would hit the ceiling when Miss Muffett told him the gory story.
2
But when she told Brock this time, he hit the ceiling.
3
To throw the club higher and hit the ceiling?, she said.
4
The ball hit the ceiling about 170 feet above the ground.
5
He nearly hit the ceiling when Hairy jumped on his stomach.
1
Folks, my CPO is about to have kittens, we're cutting it so close.
2
You know, I'd like to buy a cat and then maybe Bast can have kittens.
3
You all ought to have kittens to play with, and nanny goats and woolly lambs.
4
Besides, if it's Bethi you're after, she's mine, and she's going to have kittens again.
5
If she could not have kittens, then she would content herself with puppies or rats.
1
I'm going to have a fit if we don't start right away.
2
Maisie'd have a fit if she knew you were out in it.
3
It was seven thirty and Raquel was going to have a fit.
4
Amma was going to have a fit when she smelled that tomorrow.
5
She was going to have a fit when he told her no.
Usage of hit the roof in English
1
The Disciple hit the roof heavily and staggered two steps past Jade.
2
Six-teen tons of monster hit the roof, which collapsed under the weight.
3
One hit the roof of a house but caused only smoke damage.
4
Your mother is going to hit the roof when we get home.
5
The beam hit the roof, began to move steadily toward the hole.
6
Hundreds of blacks murdered in police cells hit the roof of Scotland Yard.
7
How fast was the piano right before it hit the roof?
8
This week's SXSW conference saw Twitter usage totally hit the roof.
9
This time I did tell Lance, and he hit the roof.
10
I started experimenting and my passion for baking hit the roof!
11
If somebody did that to me now, I'd hit the roof.
12
Hallo, I could have sworn something hit the roof that time!
13
By taking care not to hit the roof of the mouth, gagging is avoided.
14
Between you and me, when she heard about the grizzlies she hit the roof.
15
The sound echoed inside the car as he hit the roof and steadied himself.
16
I made the mistake of telling Dad about it, and he hit the roof.
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Hit the roof through the time
Hit the roof across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common