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Also, hit the roof. Explode in anger, as in Jane hit the ceiling when she saw her grades, or Dad hit the roof when he didn't get his usual bonus. The first expression dates from the early 1900s; the second is a version of a 16th-century locution, up in the house roof or house-top, meaning "enraged."
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): hit the ceiling [and] hit the roof
Fig. to get very angry. • She really hit the ceiling when she found out what happened. • My dad’ll hit the roof when he finds out that I wrecked his car.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs