hit the roof

present singular third person hits the roof · participle present hitting the roof

1. idiomaticTo be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.

   When he found out I wrecked his brand-new car, he hit the roof.

   1 more example

   Half a year of profits gone and now there's hell to pay / The cops say they know who, but there's no proof / The banker hit the roof / and damn near took the car.

   1981, Stan Rogers, “Night Guard”, in Northwest Passage

   Synonyms: hit the ceiling, go ballistic, blow one's top, flip out, go ape, go apeshit, lose it, lose one's rag

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, the, roof.

   Snider’s dad slipped. He hit the roof with a thump, letting go of Snider to throw his arms out and catch himself.

   2009, Alan Gratz, The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings, Speak, Penguin Group, published 2010, →ISBN, page 268