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hit the ceiling

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To become extremely angry: “When Corey found out someone had stolen his CD player, he really hit the ceiling.”

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Words nearby hit the ceiling

hitter, hit the books, hit the bottle, hit the bricks, hit the bull's-eye, hit the ceiling, hit the deck, hit the fan, hit the ground running, hit the hay, hit the high spots
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Words related to hit the ceiling

flip out, wig out, fly off the handle, hit the roof, lose one's cool, lose one's temper

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hit the ceiling

Also, hit the roof. Explode in anger, as in Jane hit the ceiling when she saw her grades, or Dad hit the roof when he didn't get his usual bonus. The first expression dates from the early 1900s; the second is a version of a 16th-century locution, up in the house roof or house-top, meaning “enraged.”

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