hit the roof

(verb) to be extremely angry

Example Sentence:

The driver hit the roof when the policeman gave him a speeding ticket.

A: Are you mad?
B: I am going to hit the roof!
A: Why?
B: My boss fired me for doing something wrong, but it wasn’t my fault!

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Similar idioms:

1. hit the ceiling
2. enraged
3. like a cat on a hot tin roof
4. blow one’s lid
5. snap at
6. hit the nail on the head
7. hit the sack
8. bark up the wrong tree
9. chew someone out
10. get up on the wrong side of the bed
11. hit the road
12. hit the hay
13. what’s with you?
14. hit the books
15. hit-and-miss