To rise to a very high level.
Throw off the roof meaning.
Compare with go through the ceiling.
If someone goes through the roof or hits the roof they suddenly become very angry and usually show their anger by shouting at someone.
To hurl or cast someone or something off.
A noun or pronoun can be used between throw and off he threw off his hat and jacket in anger.
This expression originated in the first half of the 1900s.
Hit the roof go through the roof phrase v inflects sergeant long will hit the roof when i tell him you ve gone off.
Verb to free oneself from.
You are taking certain overconfident steps that might lead to disastrous results.
She took one look at my hair and hit the roof.
You thought you had certain protections but you are reaching beyond your capability.
People often use this idiom to describe prices that shoot up quickly or stocks.
To rid oneself of someone or something.
Compare with hit the ceiling.
To get very angry.
6 if a group of people inside a building raise the roof they make a very loud noise for example by singing or shouting.
To cast someone or something out.
A noun or pronoun can be used between throw and off i ve had a bad.
Defenestration from old french fenestre inherited from latin fenestra is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
It probably is related to a literal roof of a house.
When i told my mother she went through the roof.
If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly as well.
To rise to a very high level.
To cast off often in a hurried or vigorous manner.
To dream about falling off a roof indicates that you do not have a firm grip of your current position.
This referred to the defenestration which had occurred in prague s city hall.