Off The Roof Expression

My anxiety level has been out the roof lately.

Off the roof expression.

Submitted by walter rader editor from sacramento ca usa on jun 04 2013. Definition of roof in the idioms dictionary. The dictionary of american slang doesn t have the expression at all. Sergeant long will hit the roof when i tell him you ve gone off.

Of an emotion or feeling very high. This expression originated in the first half of the 1900s. 1960 1 to be sexually incapacitated. Hit the roof go through the roof phrase v inflects.

If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly as well. Shoot a bunny posted by ward on october 19 2004. Posted by sr on october 19 2004. I recall a rather pretentious friend read acquaintance of mine once telling her boyfriend that she d drunk an elegant sufficiency.

People often use this idiom to describe prices that shoot up quickly or stocks. Falling off the roof. Fall off the roof v phr by 1930s to menstruate esp to begin a menstrual period probably a fanciful way to explain bleeding fall off the roof to phr. Last edited on jun 04 2013.

What does roof expression mean. It probably is related to a literal roof of a house. Chapman writes in the dictionary of american slang third edition. 5 if you hit the roof or go through the roof you become very angry indeed and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.