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hit the ceiling

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hit the ceiling
See: hit the roof
See also: ceiling, hit

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LAPD Chief William Bratton hit the ceiling when the usual-suspect police critics pounded the department for the videotaped apparent beating of William Cardenas and the pepper-spraying of transient Benjamin Barker.
My knees hit the ceiling and I crawled toward the port side, hoping to abort a complete rollover.
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard said: "It's clear to us that we hit the ceiling in our industry.
 
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