roof

roof idiom
In addition to the idiom beginning with roof, also see go through the roof; hit the ceiling (roof); like a cat on hot bricks (a hot tin roof); raise the roof.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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