On The Roof Idiom

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On the roof idiom.

Raise lift the roof phrase v inflects he raised the roof at the conference when he sang his own version of the socialist anthem the red flag. An alternative definition for this idiom is to become extremely angry. To rise to a very high level. People often use this idiom to describe prices that shoot up quickly or stocks.

My parents are going to hit the roof if they find out we had a party here. The phrase survives as the title of tennessee williams s 1955 pulitzer prize winning drama. 7 if a number of things or people are under one roof or under the same roof they are in the same building. On the roof to be absolutely burst out your tree on the bevy.

Cat on a hot tin roof a southernism that meant someone who was on edge or nervous. To be mortal with drink. To rise to a very high level. The roof falls in.

A similar phrase using housetops appears in the new testament luke 12 3. Under one the same roof. In this sense the phrase is being used metaphorically. Live under the same roof.

Roof over one s head. Roof over one s head a. To inhale alcohol at such a level that you cannot see. The roof caves in.

Go through the roof meaning. Keyed up to the roof. Roof over one s head a. Skited without any worry of consequence.

If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly as well. Under one the same roof. The roof caves in. Raise the roof to.

That which ye have spoken. Like a cat on hot bricks. To get very angry. Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops c.

Like a cat on a hot tin roof. To have a skin full. The roof falls in. Under the same roof.

To be out of control on the bevy. The boss hit the roof when he saw that we d already blown through the budget. Snow on the roof. Cat hot on roof tin.

An all day bender. To become extremely angry or upset. This term alludes to climbing on a roof so as to be heard by more people.