🗓️ Idiom: Hit the Roof (verb)
💬 Meaning
- To suddenly become very angry.
- To lose your temper, especially when something goes wrong.
🧠 Example Sentences
- The customer hit the roof when she found out her order had been delayed for the third time.
- My manager hit the roof after seeing all the complaints in the inbox this morning.
- When the printer broke again, the office assistant almost hit the roof out of frustration.
🏛️ Origin
The phrase “hit the roof” comes from the image of someone jumping or exploding upward in anger, as if their temper made them rise up and hit the ceiling. It appeared in English in the early 1900s and is similar in meaning to “blow your top” or “go through the roof.” All these expressions show a sudden and strong burst of anger.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
The customer ________ when he saw the wrong name printed on all the business cards.
Answer
hit the roof
2. Choose the correct answer:
What does “hit the roof” mean?
a) Leave the office in a hurry.
b) Become very angry suddenly.
c) Try to fix a mistake quietly.
Answer
b) Become very angry suddenly.
3. Change the sentence using “hit the roof”:
“The manager became extremely angry after hearing about the customer’s complaint.”
Answer
The manager hit the roof after hearing about the customer’s complaint.
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