hit the roof
Become extremely angry suddenly
To hit the roof is to become suddenly and explosively angry: When Dad saw the dent in his car, he hit the roof.
The image suggests rage so intense it propels someone upward.
The phrase often describes an authority figure's reaction to bad news or discovered misbehavior.
Hit the ceiling means the same thing.
Extremely angry
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
- irateExtremely angry
- fumingExtremely angry, visibly so
seething · outburst · blow up · lose it · snap · explode · erupt · temper
Shocked into speechlessness
- flabbergastedOverwhelmed with amazement
- dumbfoundedRendered speechless by surprise
- astonishedGreatly shocked, overwhelmed
- incredulousExpressing unwillingness to believe
disbelief · taken aback · jaw-dropping · speechless · thunderstruck · aghast · blindsided · reeling
furious
Extremely angry
fuming · seething · outburst · blow up · lose it · snap · explode · erupt · temper · tantrum
stunned
Shocked into speechlessness
- flabbergastedOverwhelmed with amazement
- dumbfoundedRendered speechless by surprise
- astonishedGreatly shocked, overwhelmed
incredulous · disbelief · taken aback · jaw-dropping · speechless · thunderstruck · aghast · blindsided · reeling · shaken
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
- ragerage, fury, wrath, enraged, furious
- outburstsoutburst, burst, eruption, tantrum, meltdown
- lost controllost control, lost it, snapped, went crazy, went nuts
- overreactfreak out, panic, explode, blow up, meltdown
hit the roofkeep one's cool
Maintain emotional control
stay calm · keep calm · level-headed · unflappable · cool as a cucumber
hit the roofturn the other cheek
Refuse to retaliate
grin and bear it · shrug it off · bite one's tongue · roll with the punches · let it go
hit, roof, hitting, hits, roofing, roofs, roofed, hitman, hitter