through the roof

prepositional phrase

Having risen to a very high level or amount.

“Fuel prices have gone through the roof since last fall.”

Similar
through the ceiling
Opposite
through the floor
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. figurativelyidiomaticHaving risen to a very high level or amount.

    Fuel prices have gone through the roof since last fall.

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    When I found out fuel prices are through the roof this winter, I hit the roof.

    Soybean meal prices have gone through the roof — they're over $100 a ton, back to war-time levels — because of heavy exports and a short 1953 crop.

    1954, Farm Journal, volume 78, page 18

    With 16 minutes left on the clock and the tension climbing through the roof, Trinh-Duc tried his luck with a penalty from just inside halfway only to push it wide, but the unthinkable now seemed a real possibility.

    2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport

    His heartbeat increased in intensity, his hormones went through the roof, and his mind became woozy.

    2014, Kwame Owusu-Baafi, Through the Eyes of the Spirit, page 136

    That computer was high priced, and the interest was through the roof, but we got it!

    2011, Kaleda Carthran, Looking Through the Mirrors of Me: The Life of Kaleda Carthran

    Synonyms: through the ceiling · Antonyms: through the floor

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseHaving risen to a very high level or amount.

Similar
through the ceiling
Opposite
through the floor
Also see
through the ceiling

Translations

Danish til vejrs
  • til vejrshaving risen to a very high level
Dutch door het dak
  • door het dakhaving risen to a very high level
Finnish katossa
  • katossahaving risen to a very high level
Italian alle stelle
  • alle stellehaving risen to a very high level
Polish poza skalę
  • poza skalęhaving risen to a very high level
Russian до небе́с, вы́ше кры́ши
  • до небе́с (do nebés)having risen to a very high level
  • вы́ше кры́ши (výše krýši)having risen to a very high level
Spanish por las nubes
  • por las nubeshaving risen to a very high level
Cite this entry
APA

through the roof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through%20the%20roof

MLA

“through the roof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through%20the%20roof. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “through the roof,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through%20the%20roof.

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