hit the roof

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hit the roof

to suddenly become very angry. I'm afraid he'll hit the roof when he finds out our vacation is canceled. Officials went through the roof when a local newspaper published the report.

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As Tony made no answer, she sat up, whereupon her head hit the roof, and it opened like the lid of a box, and to her bewilderment she saw all around her the Kensington Gardens lying deep in snow. The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context As Tony made no answer, she sat up, whereupon her head hit the roof, and it opened like the lid of a box, and to her bewilderment she saw all around her the Kensington Gardens lying deep in snow. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Barrie, James Matthew View in context Then,the car hit the roof of the gatehouse smartly, snapped a flag staff, played a tune upon some telegraph wires, and sent a broken wire like a whip-lash to do its share in accumulating unpopularity. The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context More results

References in classic literature

As Tony made no answer, she sat up, whereupon her head hit the roof, and it opened like the lid of a box, and to her bewilderment she saw all around her the Kensington Gardens lying deep in snow.

The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context

As Tony made no answer, she sat up, whereupon her head hit the roof, and it opened like the lid of a box, and to her bewilderment she saw all around her the Kensington Gardens lying deep in snow.

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Barrie, James Matthew View in context

Then,the car hit the roof of the gatehouse smartly, snapped a flag staff, played a tune upon some telegraph wires, and sent a broken wire like a whip-lash to do its share in accumulating unpopularity.

The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context

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