| 词汇 | to go through the roof |
| 释义 | (redirected from to go through the roof)go through the roof1. To react to something angrily. Mom will go through the roof when she finds out we disobeyed her again. 2. To increase to a very high level. Once our neighborhood was featured in that popular show, house prices went through the roof. go through the roof1. Fig. Inf. to become very angry. She saw what had happened and went through the roof. My father went through the roof when he saw what I did to the car. 2. Fig. Inf. [for prices] to become very high. These days, prices for gasoline are going through the roof. The cost of coffee is going through the roof. go through the roof1. Also, hit the ceiling or roof . Lose one's temper, become very angry, as in Marge went through the roof when she heard she'd been fired. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] 2. Reach new or unexpected heights, as in After the war, food prices went through the roof. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] go through the rooforhit the roofCOMMON 1. If the level of something goes through the roof or hits the roof, it increases by a lot very rapidly. Interest rates were going through the roof. In 1990, wool prices hit the roof. Compare with go through the ceiling. 2. If someone goes through the roof or hits the roof, they suddenly become very angry, and usually show their anger by shouting at someone. When I told my mother she went through the roof. She took one look at my hair and hit the roof. Compare with go through the ceiling. Compare with hit the ceiling. go through (or hit) the roof1 (of prices or figures) reach extreme or unexpected heights; become exorbitant. 2 suddenly become very angry. informalgo through the ˈroof(informal)1 become very angry: He went through the roof when I told him I’d lost the money. 2 (of prices, numbers) rise or increase very high very quickly: Prices have gone through the roof since the oil crisis began. go through the roofSlang1. To grow, intensify, or rise to an enormous, often unexpected degree: Operating costs went through the roof last year. 2. To become extremely angry: When I told her about breaking the window, she went through the roof. go through the roof, toTo rise unexpectedly high; also, to lose one’s temper. Both meanings date from the mid-twentieth century, the first slightly antedating the second. In 1946 Eric Hodgins in his popular novel Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House wrote “The Knapp sales curves were going through the roof.” For losing one’s temper, this cliché, becoming common in the 1950s, is a synonym of hit the ceiling. |
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