through the roof
Way up there
Through the roof describes something rising to extreme levels, usually unexpectedly or dramatically.
Prices go through the roof when they skyrocket.
Someone's blood pressure goes through the roof when they're furious.
Gas prices went through the roof after the pipeline shut down.
The phrase suggests breaking past normal limits, like something bursting upward through a ceiling.
- skyrocketingRising sharply and quickly
- off the chartsBeyond measurable range
- sky highExtremely high up
- boomLoud deep sound
- surgeSudden powerful increase
rise · unbelievable · mind-blowing · escalation · climb · jaw-dropping · blown away · stratospheric · staggering · ceiling · going ballistic · soar · spike · astronomical · outrage · flabbergasting · ascent · astonishing
- Hyperbolea zillion, bazillion, gazillion, bajillion, zillion
- money idiomsarm and a leg, break the bank, penny pincher, cheapskate, tightwad
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- escalationescalation, escalate, ratchet up, worsen, intensify
- superlativesexcellent, superb, best, outstanding, supreme
through the roofthrough the floor
Collapsed to minimum
rock bottom · bottomed out · at the bottom · in the gutter · in the toilet
through, roof, thorough, throughout, roofing, roofs, roofed, rooftop, thru