Verb: hit the roof
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Become suddenly very angry
"The professor hit the roof when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";
- flip one's lid [N. Amer, informal], blow up [informal], throw a fit [informal], hit the ceiling [informal], have a fit [informal], blow one's stack [N. Amer, informal], fly off the handle [informal], flip one's wig [US, informal], lose one's temper, blow a fuse [informal], go ballistic [informal], go mental [informal], blow a gasket [informal], go off the deep end [informal], go ape [informal], blow one's top [informal]
Derived forms: hits the roof, hitting the roof, hit the roof
Type of: rage