Definition of roof in the idioms dictionary.
Off the roof expression.
People often use this idiom to describe prices that shoot up quickly or stocks.
Roof idioms by the free dictionary.
Stairs he had become so entangled in the loose ends of the ropes that both he and his burden tumbled in a heap upon the roof and might have rolled off if tip had not.
It probably is related to a literal roof of a house.
Posted by sr on october 19 2004.
My anxiety level has been out the roof lately.
Of an emotion or feeling very high.
Falling off the roof.
1960 1 to be sexually incapacitated.
What does roof expression mean.
This expression originated in the first half of the 1900s.
Hit the roof go through the roof phrase v inflects.
5 if you hit the roof or go through the roof you become very angry indeed and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.
Shoot a bunny posted by ward on october 19 2004.
Chapman writes in the dictionary of american slang third edition.
Sergeant long will hit the roof when i tell him you ve gone off.
Submitted by walter rader editor from sacramento ca usa on jun 04 2013.
The dictionary of american slang doesn t have the expression at all.
Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary.
Last edited on jun 04 2013.