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单词 go through the roof
释义

go through the roof

informal
1(Of prices or figures) reach extreme or unexpected heights: rents have gone through the roof...
  • Land supply slowed to a trickle; prices went through the roof and governments reaped huge rewards, instead of meeting the needs of people seeking to buy a home.
  • The only factor is that the prices have gone through the roof, and the quality of timber deteriorated, as the trees felled these days are much younger than those felled a decade ago.
  • Energy prices have gone through the roof and somehow taken a route through your wallet to get there.
2 (also hit the roof) Suddenly become very angry: when she surprised him in bed with another woman she hit the roof...
  • When I got there on Wednesday and was told there were still no beds, I hit the roof.
  • I knew Kitty would hit the roof, so I picked up a bribe.
  • When she saw the coat and heard John had bought it for me she hit the roof.

Synonyms

be very angry, be furious, lose one's temper, go into a rage, breathe fire
informal go mad, go crazy, be hopping mad, be livid, go wild, go bananas, have a fit, blow one's top, blow a fuse, blow a gasket, do one's nut, go through the roof, go up the wall, go off the deep end, go ape, flip, flip one's lid, lose one's rag, be fit to be tied, go non-linear
British informal go spare, go crackers, get one's knickers in a twist
North American informal flip one's wig
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