through the floor
Crashed below ground
Through the floor describes a dramatic drop or decline, typically in prices, values, or standards.
When stock prices go through the floor, they plummet; when quality goes through the floor, it deteriorates severely.
The phrase suggests falling so sharply that one crashes through the lowest level, the opposite of going through the roof.
Housing prices went through the floor during the crash.
After the scandal, his approval ratings dropped through the floor.
- plungeSudden steep descent
- free fallUnimpeded gravitational descent
- dropFall or release
- price dropReduction in cost
- rock-bottomLowest possible level
hit rock bottom · fall · going down · depreciation · collapse · crash · deflation · hole · descent · break · nosedive · plummet · recession · basement · crack · downturn · depression · cellar
through the floorthrough the roof
At extreme levels
skyrocketing · sky-high · soaring · shooting up · off the charts
through, floor, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughfare, floors, floored, flooring