hit the roof

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) To be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
   • When he found out I wrecked his brand-new car, he hit the roof.
   • Half a year of profits gone and now there's hell to pay / The cops say they know who, but there's no proof / The banker hit the roof / and damn near took the car.1981, Stan Rogers, “Night Guard”, in Northwest Passage

   Synonyms:

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

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, the, roof.
   • Snider’s dad slipped. He hit the roof with a thump, letting go of Snider to throw his arms out and catch himself.2009, Alan Gratz, The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings, Speak, Penguin Group, published 2010, →ISBN, page 268