hit the roof

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hit the roof (third-person singular simple present hits the roof, present participle hitting the roof, simple past and past participle hit the roof)

(idiomatic) To be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
When I found out he wrecked my brand-new car, I hit the roof.

Synonyms

blow one's top, flip out, go ape, go apeshit, lose it, lose one's rag, pop one's cork

Translations

To be explosively angry

Finnish: hypätä kattoon
French: sortir de ses gonds (fr)

Swedish: gå i taket (sv), få spel
Walloon: potchî foû d' ses bagues (wa), potchî foû d' ses clicotes (wa)

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